What We Are Seeking

Cameron Reed

ISBN 10: 1250364736 / ISBN 13: 9781250364739

Published by Tor Publishing Group, US, 2026

About this Item

On the planet Scythia, lizards hatch from insects, trees have teeth, and the mysterious basketmen have approached the fractured human colony.Doctor John Maraintha has been stranded here.He will never see his home again. He must build the best life he can.But on Scythia, survival means transformation- and not everyone is willing to change.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What We Are Seeking
• Publisher: Tor Publishing Group, US
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250364736
• ISBN 13: 9781250364739
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

A New Yorker Best Book of 2026
From Cameron Reed, the acclaimed author of The Fortunate Fall, comes a soaring novel of queer hope and transformation, perfect for readers of Ann Leckie and Amal El-Mohtar.

On the planet Scythia, plants give birth to insects and trees can drag you to your death. Artificial monsters stalk the desert, and alien basket-men have wandered into town.

John Maraintha has been abandoned here, light-years from the peaceful forests that he loves.

The desert is harsh and the people in thrall to a barbaric custom called marriage.

He must find some way to make a life here.

But on Scythia, survival means transformation―and not everyone is willing to change.

About the Author

Cameron Reed is a science fiction writer and the winner of the 1998 Otherwise Award. Both she and the award had different names in 1998, but as part of a late-in-life gender transition she chose a new one, which is an anagram of “remade crone.” She is an avid dragonfly-watcher, a moderately skilled insect photographer, and a hopeless birder. She lives with her found family in an old house full of books and cats.