![]() ![]() John's determination to escape to a better place splits the Family apart, but how much is John's plan motivated by a desire for humanity to survive on Eden and how much to appease his own ego?ĭark Eden is a dark (thematically and literally) novel that uses an interesting SF concept - a world in perpetual darkness - to explore themes about human society and the impact of ideas, traditions and rituals on a small group of people. But the only way out of the valley is a dangerous ascent over an unlit, freezing mountain that has killed every person who has tried to climb it. ![]() ![]() He believes that the Family must branch out to survive, as the valley's food stocks are dwindling. The Family is held together by the dream that one day Earth will send a rescue ship to pick them up and take them home.įor teenage hunter John Redlantern, this dream is a futile delusion. As a result, genetic deformities and aberrations amongst the Family are commonplace. They are all descended from the same couple, Tommy and Angela, astronauts stranded on Eden one hundred and sixty years ago. Five hundred humans - the Family - live in an isolated valley. ![]() Eden: a world of perpetual darkness, lit by fluorescent vegetation and headed by geothermal trees. ![]()
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