With earth suffering environmental disaster and war, a group heads for a distant planet to make a new, peaceful, better start for humanity. The planet has abundant plant and animal life, though they quickly discover that at least some of the plants are sentient. The story is told from the viewpoint of members of different generations of the colony, alternating male and female.
Early on, I wasn’t thrilled with the book. There were a few things that seemed problematic, like the ridiculously inadequate redundancy in technology and skills for a mission to settle a distant planet. But the issues seemed to mostly wane as the story got more interesting. Lots of characters with complex motivations, and some interesting developments.
I loved the series. Semiosis did take a bit to get started, but it had to set the stage. It really was a good book, once it got started, and the story continues into Interference and Usurpation. And, while it does “end”, I want more.
Oh, good to hear someone say they enjoyed the whole series. I’ll likely add the other to my reading list (I read a pretty fair amount).
Without giving anything away, the jumping trend in Semiosis continues in the other books, but the jumps are more significant between books, which was jarring at first, but is very well done and actually helps the story continue. Just keep that in mind. Definitely a series I would recommend
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