The Family Tree

Arthur C. Clarke Award, 1998

ebook / ISBN-13: 9780575116269

Price: £2.99

ON SALE: 25th February 2013

Genre: Crime & Mystery / Science Fiction

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“A perfectly marvellous book” – Realms of Fantasy

“[Tepper’s] most surprising work” – Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars

Police officer Dora Henry is investigating the bizarre murders of three geneticists, while a plague of trees brings the country to a standstill. Weeds are becoming trees; trees are becoming forests; and overnight the city is transformed into a wild and verdant place.

Stranger still, Dora can somehow communicate with the rampaging flora.


The closer Dora is to finding a murderer, the more disparate events begin to entwine. And the answers she seeks today may lie in a far distant future… one which is suddenly much closer than anyone imagines.