Bøger af Jessica Eise

Fleeing government persecution, Renee and her band of scientists escape to the last free place on earth - Continent 7. Yet when unknown forces attack, the team must ally with Continent 7's mysterious defense militia, known only as the Legion. Targeted by the enemy, Renee runs to the jungle with an allied Legionnaire and a mind-reader. The three form an unlikely but scrappy gang of outcasts who will do anything to keep each other safe. Meanwhile, back at the capital, the rest of the team fights desperately to uncover the conspiracy against them. As the truth unravels and an unlikely enemy revealed, they learn that far more is at stake than their lives - and they must decide how far they are willing to go to save not only each other, but society itself.

A captivating sci-fi novel of one woman's battle to survive against all odds. "TOTALLY UNEXPECTED AND BLEW MY MIND... TOUCHED ME IN WAYS FEW BOOKS HAVE." - Goodreads Reviewer "GRABBED ME FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND DID NOT LET GO." - Goodreads Reviewer "AN ENGROSSING TIME TRAVEL TALE." - Goodreads Reviewer "A FANTASTIC WORK OF SCIENCE FICTION... A CAPTIVATING STORY LINE." - Goodreads Reviewer On a brisk fall morning while out for a jog, Renee blacks out and disappears without a trace. One millennium in the future, a team of scientists stare in horror at the bloodied corpse that materializes in their lab. Breaking the trance, an assistant darts forward to scan the body's oxygen levels. "It's alive!" she yells desperately. Stunned by their discovery, the team fights to keep her alive. Yet their fragile guest begins to awaken genetic memories they had long forgotten, setting in motion an unstoppable chain of events.

By 2050, we will have ten billion mouths to feed in a world profoundly altered by environmental change. How can we meet this challenge? In How to Feed the World, a diverse group of experts from Purdue University break down this crucial question by tackling big issues one-by-one. Covering population, water, land, climate change, technology, food systems, trade, food waste and loss, health, social buy-in, communication, and, lastly, the ultimate challenge of achieving equal access to food, the book reveals a complex web of factors that must be addressed in order to reach global food security.How to Feed the World unites contributors from different perspectives and academic disciplines, ranging from agronomyand hydrology to agricultural economy and communication. Hailing from Germany, the Philippines, the U.S., Ecuador, and beyond, the contributors weave their own life experiences into their chapters, connecting global issues to our tangible, day-to-day existence. Across every chapter, a similar theme emerges: these are not simple problems, yet we canovercome them. Doing so will require cooperation between farmers, scientists, policy makers, consumers, andmany others.The resulting collection is an accessible but wide-ranging look at the modern food system. Readers will not only get asolid grounding in key issues, but be challenged to investigate further and contribute to the paramount effort to feed theworld.