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Adaptation
Two years after colonists settle on Mars, not a single pregnancy has made it to term. Loss piles upon loss, and when yet another ends without explanation, the underlying cause must be found. As leader of the Martian Reproductive Council, Theresa and her team of experts will determine the future of Mars. Amidst conspiracies and restrictive deadlines, they must find a viable solution - or choose between being the first and last generation of Martians, and returning to Earth.
If their mother planet will even have them.
If their mother planet will even have them.
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Published July 15, 2018
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C.L. Fors
18 books7 followersAn artist of multiple mediums with a myriad of interests, CL Fors—Cherrie to her friends—is a modern day renaissance woman, author, illustrator, publisher, artisan dragon who creates to defend and uplift a world of hope and infinite possibility for all.
She has lived a half-dozen lives as an actor, military intelligence linguist, midwife and doula, mother, and creative dervish. Currently she spends her days writing, illustrating, studying, raising three sons and a daughter, and engaging with the art community at large. She has a Masters degree in Publishing and is currently working on a Masters in Genre Fiction.
She and her husband, Jason P. Crawford, founded Epitome Press publishing in 2015 and together publish works of speculative fiction.
CL is author of the Primogenitor series, a four book science fiction epic of humanity stolen and reclaimed, has two more novels in the works, and is actively illustrating Orion’s Flight—a graphic novel about a genetically engineered bat-winged piglet.
Watercolor flows from her brushes in sanguine vibrancy, genre-bending fantasy, science-fiction, and horror, challenging the viewer to dig deeper than surface impressions. She paints life, texture, and flesh in unexpected colors but is equally skilled with ink, digital, acrylic, and graphic design. Find CL Fors on most social media platforms.
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She has lived a half-dozen lives as an actor, military intelligence linguist, midwife and doula, mother, and creative dervish. Currently she spends her days writing, illustrating, studying, raising three sons and a daughter, and engaging with the art community at large. She has a Masters degree in Publishing and is currently working on a Masters in Genre Fiction.
She and her husband, Jason P. Crawford, founded Epitome Press publishing in 2015 and together publish works of speculative fiction.
CL is author of the Primogenitor series, a four book science fiction epic of humanity stolen and reclaimed, has two more novels in the works, and is actively illustrating Orion’s Flight—a graphic novel about a genetically engineered bat-winged piglet.
Watercolor flows from her brushes in sanguine vibrancy, genre-bending fantasy, science-fiction, and horror, challenging the viewer to dig deeper than surface impressions. She paints life, texture, and flesh in unexpected colors but is equally skilled with ink, digital, acrylic, and graphic design. Find CL Fors on most social media platforms.
Website: http://www.clforsillustrator.com
Website: http://www.clforsauthor.com
https://www.facebook.com/Primogenitor...
https://www.instagram.com/c.l.forsaut...
Subscribe to her newsletter here: tiny.cc/clforstaproot
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February 14, 2021
As with Progeny, the first book in the series, Adaptation is a strong book with great characters, an engaging plot, and a great deal to say about our connection with childbirth, humanity, and the dynamics which affect both our growth and limitations. The second book in the series finds us on Mars with Theresa, Carla, Genesis, Captain Neil, and the other colonists two years after they landed to start their colony. Alas, while plant life and animal alike seem to be well on their way to fruition the colonists themselves are not so lucky. Several pregnancies are under way, but one by one each mother seems to be facing the same fate-miscarriage brought about by some unknown limitation. Confounded and deeply concerned with Abby's own fate, Theresa is fighting to find answers to both the fate of the progeny the colony was promised and her own children, most of which remain on earth under the care of Richard with plans to bring them to Mars sometime in the future. Is the best path to return home and accept defeat while demanding to know why they were misled about the possibility of progeny, or is it to stay and adapt to their new home in a deeper way, leaving Earth's dying civilization to crush itself under the weight of its own broken and controlled society? In a colony divided and manipulated by its past, the future remains unknown.
Adaptation is a great book full of intrigue, scientific discussion of humanity's faults and strengths, our need for home, human psychology, and the lengths we might go to in order to make a life beyond that given to us by fate despite all limitations. I highly recommend C. L. Fors to readers of all fiction, but particularly those interested in dystopian scifi centering on women and the dynamics of their relationship under hardship like Mothertongue, Vox, and The Handmaid's Tale.
Adaptation is a great book full of intrigue, scientific discussion of humanity's faults and strengths, our need for home, human psychology, and the lengths we might go to in order to make a life beyond that given to us by fate despite all limitations. I highly recommend C. L. Fors to readers of all fiction, but particularly those interested in dystopian scifi centering on women and the dynamics of their relationship under hardship like Mothertongue, Vox, and The Handmaid's Tale.
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