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Earth Reclaimed
When non-binary seventeen-year-old Seren becomes an ambassador, they're forced to face their greatest fear: magic. By drawing power from rivers and lakes, Seren is left vulnerable to being controlled by the Mother Earth. Seren is desperate to avoid using magic, but a faction of fascists will do anything to start a war between mages and scientists, including killing Seren, the one mage who sees the value of science.
Outnumbered and outgunned, Seren must use magic to live long enough to reach the negotiations. As they struggle to survive assassination attempts, the sentient planet gets in Seren’s head and uses Seren to give humanity a warning: maintain peace or face extinction.
Shutting out Mother Earth could be the end of all humans. Letting Her in would mean becoming Mother Earth's puppet, killing anyone opposed to Her. Seren must negotiate peace between mages and scientists, before Mother Earth drowns them all.
Outnumbered and outgunned, Seren must use magic to live long enough to reach the negotiations. As they struggle to survive assassination attempts, the sentient planet gets in Seren’s head and uses Seren to give humanity a warning: maintain peace or face extinction.
Shutting out Mother Earth could be the end of all humans. Letting Her in would mean becoming Mother Earth's puppet, killing anyone opposed to Her. Seren must negotiate peace between mages and scientists, before Mother Earth drowns them all.
348 pages, Paperback
Published November 9, 2021
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Sara Codair
35 books57 followersSara Codair is an author of short stories and novels, which are packed with action, adventure, magic, and the bizarre. They partially owe their success to their faithful feline writing partner, Goose the Meowditor-In-Chief, who likes to “edit” their work by deleting entire pages. Find Sara online at saracodair.com or @shatteredsmooth.
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January 2, 2021okay, let me get this gay
🌿 a non-binary MC
🌿 a political landscape on the brink of war
🌿 Mother Earth having a conscience (!) and finally threatening to eat up humanity for good
🌿 a person who is both the very puppet of humanity's destruction and its likely only hope
the epicness of this concept the beauty of this concept the irony of this concept
🌿 a non-binary MC
🌿 a political landscape on the brink of war
🌿 Mother Earth having a conscience (!) and finally threatening to eat up humanity for good
🌿 a person who is both the very puppet of humanity's destruction and its likely only hope
the epicness of this concept the beauty of this concept the irony of this concept
December 19, 2021
Hi! I'm going to use this space to tell you a little about the book and it's trigger warnings. This note should also be available at the start of the book, but I thought it would be useful to include here as well.
When creating the world for Earth Reclaimed, I was torn between creating a queer normative world where things like transphobia no longer existed, or one where the queer characters faced the kinds of discrimination that plague us in the present day. I’m bad at picking, so I made it a little bit of both. There are moments of joy in this book, moments of power, where people who happen to be nonbinary and trans are adventuring and exploring. However, there are some scenes have potential to be triggering.
The alternate future Earth Seren and Erik inhabit is a varied, complex landscape. There are towns where queerness is accepted, and in some cases, is the norm. Towns that show a future I dream of. And there are others where people are very homophobic and transphobic. As Seren and Erik travel, they, as a nonbinary person and a trans man, encounter both acceptance and hate. There are instances where they learn about violence against trans people, are misgendered, experience violence themselves, and have their gender questioned by those who don’t understand it. Throughout the book, Erik and Seren are fighting to keep hate from infiltrating their home and corrupting a new nation struggling to form.
Other potentially triggering events depicted in this book include violence, sexism, depictions of anxiety and panic attacks, death, discussion of murder, and discussion of climate disasters.
Please take care while reading, and if you decide this book isn’t for you, that is okay.
When creating the world for Earth Reclaimed, I was torn between creating a queer normative world where things like transphobia no longer existed, or one where the queer characters faced the kinds of discrimination that plague us in the present day. I’m bad at picking, so I made it a little bit of both. There are moments of joy in this book, moments of power, where people who happen to be nonbinary and trans are adventuring and exploring. However, there are some scenes have potential to be triggering.
The alternate future Earth Seren and Erik inhabit is a varied, complex landscape. There are towns where queerness is accepted, and in some cases, is the norm. Towns that show a future I dream of. And there are others where people are very homophobic and transphobic. As Seren and Erik travel, they, as a nonbinary person and a trans man, encounter both acceptance and hate. There are instances where they learn about violence against trans people, are misgendered, experience violence themselves, and have their gender questioned by those who don’t understand it. Throughout the book, Erik and Seren are fighting to keep hate from infiltrating their home and corrupting a new nation struggling to form.
Other potentially triggering events depicted in this book include violence, sexism, depictions of anxiety and panic attacks, death, discussion of murder, and discussion of climate disasters.
Please take care while reading, and if you decide this book isn’t for you, that is okay.
December 28, 2021
Extremely enjoyable! The concept of the earth as a sentient being, who communicates with people, who took action to protect herself was chef’s kiss amazing! The world building? Perfection! The inclusion and representation? Mind blowing in how well done it is! Some books feel very forced or wooden in how they portray trans or non-binary people, but this felt natural and not like something just wedged into the story for the sake of it. I know this was only recently published, but I am already itching for more adventures with Seren and Erik!
June 5, 2022
The world in this book is deeply-imagined and the characters are well-fleshed-out and believable. The story was fun, with well-laid twists and excitement. I really enjoyed it!
October 2, 2024
Gorgeously crafted world with just the right amounts of post-apoc and magical realism. Codair weaves a tale of characters you can really feel, and feel for, without being heavy-handed or long-winded. Cleverly built around my own area (northern MA / coastal NH / southern ME) but really creatively, from the viewpoint of a people who have lost most of what society and landmarks had come before. My edition could use some copyediting — typos and dropped words can get distracting to some, though not enough here to make me throw it down. All in all recommended.
August 17, 2023
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Codair is one of the few authors that can make a genre I am really iffy about and make it fascinating. I needed to know every detail of this magic system.
More complex characters, deep emotions, and wild adventures. I need to read more by them.
Codair is one of the few authors that can make a genre I am really iffy about and make it fascinating. I needed to know every detail of this magic system.
More complex characters, deep emotions, and wild adventures. I need to read more by them.
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