An artist ahead of his time crafts a new way of painting portraits, causing outcry and claims of heresy. A military man becomes obsessed with growing something he found on manoeuvres far from home. A lonely geneticist helps her brother with his plan to save humanity; secretly selecting humans to join a mission and escape a ravaged Earth.

It is 2058. Rebecca, a widow, is one of the chosen few. She seeks a fresh start, away from her devastating loss. But nature has evolved and is tagging along for the ride.

Earthly Bodies is a story that spans the ages, where these strangers reveal their contribution to an extraordinary act of survival.

"Earthly Bodies is a carefully composed nonlinear narrative, which mostly follows a cast of characters who've set out on a humanity-saving space mission. Unfortunately, people aren't the only life form on the ship. - A MUST READ!"

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