Summary: In a world devastated by war and disease, a young tree builder searches for the last trees on earth.

ISBN 978-0-545-38789-7 — ISBN 0-545-38789-2 [1. Environmental degradation — Fiction. 2. Trees — Fiction. 3. Voyages and travels — Fiction. 4. Science fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.H82832Ro 2012

[E] — dc23

2011041109

First edition, November 2012

Cover art & design © 2012 by Phil Falco e-ISBN: 978-0-545-47003-2

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