Ecofictions are a new and important genre in literature. Annis Pratt has based her story on a conflict from three hundred years ago that continues today, between the unthinking drive toward industrialization and resource consumption and the growing awareness that our actions have irrevocable consequences for the Earth that sustains us. We need new ways of thinking and feeling about our place in the natural world. Stories like this help us imagine those new ways, even as we are entertained by the human drama of characters and plot, war and love.
