Kathryn Lance
ASIN: B004V55NIO
Publisher: Kael Publishing
Pages: 323
Pandora’s Genes, named to the Locus Recommended List and "Best New Science Fiction" of 1985 by Romance Times, is a post-apocalypse romantic adventure novel set in the late 21st century. The world of Pandora's Genes and of its sequel, Pandora's Children, is devastated after an oil-spill disaster has led to the end of civilization. Many animal and insect species are extinct or mutated, and there are no remnants of what we consider modern technology. The spread of a deadly new disease that selectively kills women is the plot point that sets the story in motion. Both novels focus on two opposed groups: one, led by The Principal and his scientist allies, hopes to find a cure for the "woman sickness" and restore some semblance of civilization; their antagonists, The Traders, a fanatical religious group, is dedicated to the final, total eradication of all remnants of “science” and the “wild ...