Waiting on Wednesday – Mother of Eden

Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Breaking the Spine to let us share our excitement for books coming out soon.

I really enjoyed Dark Eden (review). It was strange, and different, and was a book that frankly just made me think about society, traditions and the laws that govern us. I did not expect a sequel, so was thrilled to see that there is going to be another novel in that world.

Title: Mother of Eden

Author: Chris Beckett
Expected publication: June 4th, 2015
Publisher: Broadway Books

 

 

We speak of a mother’s love, but we forget her power. Power over life. Power to give and to withhold.’
Generations after the breakup of the human family of Eden, the Johnfolk emphasise knowledge and innovation, the Davidfolk tradition and cohesion. But both have built hierarchical societies sustained by violence and dominated by men – and both claim to be the favoured children of a long-dead woman from Earth that all Eden knows as Gela, the mother of them all.
When Starlight Brooking meets a handsome and powerful man from across Worldpool, she believes he will offer an outlet for her ambition and energy. But she has no idea that she will be a stand-in for Gela herself, and wear Gela’s ring on her own finger.
And she has no idea of the enemies she will make, no inkling that a time will come when she, like John Redlantern, will choose to kill…