Why does Flowers for the Sea matter to us/? The power of this tale is so timely, the immediacy of the content is almost crushing if you allow yourself to think about it.ĭEEPER DIVE: McMillian Co., Flowers For the Sea, Zin Interview And yet, this is a gorgeous book worth appreciating in all its facets, and I’m glad to have read it, just as I’ll be glad to pick up anything else Rocklyn writes. This story starts on one of those boats, where Iraxi is heavily pregnant – and everyone hopes that this will be the first child to be born after years on the waves and all other newborns being lost.Īccording to online book reviewer “WhiteWaveDarling”, Flowers for the Sea is not an easy read–the story itself, the prose, and the progression all make for a journey that a reader must embrace and travel through in a fashion that might well involve working for meaning as well as cringing away from some of those very same meanings. When the land got submerged under the waves of the seas, people moved to boats. The story is about Iraxi and a new kind of boat people. I am hopeful it’ll be for the better.” Her hope is found in, “Flowers for the Sea,” Rocklyn’s climate migration novella. But, “At the heart of it, I do believe humans will make it. You could say the planted tree means nothing in the face of greed.Ĭli-fi author Zin E. Many will agree that humans have pushed Earth to a brink unrecognizable by recent history, and that we have those in power who vehemently deny the facts - on more than just the weather - deciding for the rest of us that we as a human race do not matter. Rocklyn’s extraordinary debut is a lush, gothic fantasy about the prices we pay and the vengeance we seek.CLI-FI AUTHOR ZIN E. "Rocklyn manages to write a darkly spectacular, yet strangulating world in the middle of the sea, with well-developed characters, vivid imagery, and dense lyrical prose.This claustrophobic story had me reeling as the tension rose until I reached the impressive ending."- Cemetery Dance You don't want to miss it.” -Cassandra Khaw, USA Today bestselling author An auspicious debut baring beauty and razorfangs.” -Paul Tremblay, New York Times Bestselling author “A lush, mesmerizing novella about survival and the hope of righteous anger. James’ The Children of Men, and Octavia Butler’s Bloodchild.” - Booklist
“This novella will whet the appetite of fans of classics like Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby, P. conjure Iraxi’s precarious position in fluid, lovely prose.” -Publishers Weekly “Rocklyn’s lyrical gothic fantasy debut considers how life can persist in a world of rot, death, and destruction. Valente, New York Times bestselling author “Rocklyn is angry, lyrical, honest, and heartbreaking, riding the line between fantasy and true horror.” -Catherynne M. "Gorgeously written."-Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author A Library Journal Editor's Pick! A Den of Geeks Best Books of 2021!
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