Author: Wylie, Dan.
Title: The Wisdom of Adders.
Description: Self. Grahamstown 2016. Printed wraps. 148pp. Mint unread copy. ISBN: 9780620702775 In this futuristic novel set in South Africa's Eastern Cape of 2170 climate change meets tenacity, courage and startling beauty. "It is 2170. Shawn Xaba is restless, impetuous and hardy. Her father abandoned her when she was seven; her remnant village is suffocating her. Almost without thinking she sets off on foot across a blighted landscape. Global technology has decayed, human populations have collapsed in a toxic mix of famine and accident, the hot desert has sifted in from the north. Encountering only cultish family settlements, solitary itinerant merchants, and marauders, Shawn finds herself on a journey of unantcipated hardship ..." Readers will recognise many landmarks including Grahamstown with the cathedral and monument still standing - just.

Keywords: science fiction south southern africa african eastern cape.


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