Cage of Soul
- Published2020
- Read in 2021
- Genre Sci-fi/fantasy
Synopsis
In the future, very very far in the future, humanity has overused all its resources.
The only thing left is one city, of ten thousands inhabitants, and its prison in the jungle.
"Cage of soul" is an expression used by the last scientist, to describe either the prison or the city.
The protagonist tells its tales, and he travelled to all the places we can still travel: the desert, the jungle, he spends a long time
in prison, in the underground.
It's all a very adventurous tale, and Tchaikovsky does not insist on making intelligent animals like he usually does, though we do meet humans that have evolved to adapt to the environment, or animals that have evolved to be like humans.
The only thing left is one city, of ten thousands inhabitants, and its prison in the jungle.
"Cage of soul" is an expression used by the last scientist, to describe either the prison or the city.
The protagonist tells its tales, and he travelled to all the places we can still travel: the desert, the jungle, he spends a long time
in prison, in the underground.
It's all a very adventurous tale, and Tchaikovsky does not insist on making intelligent animals like he usually does, though we do meet humans that have evolved to adapt to the environment, or animals that have evolved to be like humans.
My take
It's a book about destruction, to a large extent. It's a good read like his books, and its gripping. It's very sad though