'In this dazzling debut, Howard presents a disturbing world with uncanny similarities to our own. I'll try to break down where Rootless and I went wrong. I really mean forcing too I checked the weather at least five times and circled my favorite sites at least 10 before finishing what turned out to be two minutes worth of reading. I was so excited about this book when I found it, and it should have been completely perfect for me, but instead I find myself forcing to finish it. and forever change the way you think about nature. Like the forests Banyan seeks to rebuild, this visionary novel is both beautiful and haunting-full of images that will take permanent root in your mind. In this dazzling debut, Howard presents a disturbing world with uncanny similarities to our own. As they race towards a promised land that might only be a myth, Banyan makes shocking discoveries about his family, his past, and how far people will go to bring back the trees. Unsure of whom to trust, he's forced to make an uneasy alliance with Alpha, an alluring, dangerous pirate with an agenda of her own. Those who make it past the pirates and poachers can't escape the locusts-the locusts that now feed on human flesh.īut Banyan isn't the only one looking for the trees, and he's running out of time. Įverything changes when Banyan meets a woman with a strange tattoo-a clue to the whereabouts of the last living trees on earth, and he sets off across a wasteland from which few return. But that was before his father was taken. Although Banyan's never seen a real tree-they were destroyed more than a century ago-his father used to tell him stories about the Old World. Using scrap metal and salvaged junk, he creates forests for rich patrons who seek a reprieve from the desolate landscape.

Rootless by chris howard