Future Home of the Living God (2017)

Others: Positive

The world as we know it is ending. As Cedar Hawk Songmaker goes back to her own biological beginnings, society around her begins to disintegrate, fueled by a swelling panic about the end of humanity.

ISBN:: 9781472153340
Length:: 288 pages

Genres: fantasy, science fiction, literary fiction

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