Zollocco
Cynthia Joyce Clay
Bookbooters.com, 2001
e-book
A solar system of sentient forest worlds, some of which have chosen to host human refugees from across the galaxy. This is the setting for Zollocco, a comedic sci-fi fantasy in which a human woman finds herself transported from a dying Earth to the forest world of Ipernia, a place where plants and trees walk and forest life behaves as a collective consciousness.
Hunted as a beast by an interplanetary corporation of human settlers, she embarks on a magical adventure, traveling between cities, continents and worlds, embracing alien cultures and languages, yet always longing to return to the Forest Zollocco. But as she proceeds on her journey, she begins to uncover a secret that may yet save Earth from destruction.
"Part science fiction, part adventure, part comedy and part fantasy, it is not easily classifiable, and therein lies its appeal. Part science fiction, part adventure, part comedy and part fantasy, it is not easily classifiable, and therein lies its appeal. Zollocco is a magical tale of an alternative universe in which forests have achieved absolute sentience and, to some degree, a moral superiority over mankind. While it is likely to have the reader laughing out loud in parts, Zollocco is also a poignant allegory on the abuse being inflicted upon Earth, and the possible fate that may yet befall humanity. (Bookbooters.com)
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