Pandora's Promise — Kathryn Lance

"A beautifully-written combination of tribal conflict, human and animal friendships, and a startling look at our possible future. This is an unforgettable book!" --R.L. Stine, author of Goosebumps and Fear Street.

“A solid conclusion to the Pandora's Trilogy.”-- Nebula-award winning sci-fi author Jack McDevitt.

Pandora's Promise, the long-awaited conclusion to the trilogy that began with the award-winning novel Pandora's Genes, takes place in a world 100 years after a recombinant-DNA disaster destroyed all oil-based technology and caused widespread mutations. Due to an inherited genetic disease, the human race seems doomed to extinction. In this dangerous setting, Evvy, the brilliant young scientist trying to save humanity, sets out on a perilous quest, while Zach, the poet-warrior and Evvy's self-exiled soul mate, faces deadly challenges among disparate human and animal societies, including the empathic and canny elephants that call themselves Dream Tasters. Unknowingly, both Zach and Evvy follow clues to the mysterious Eye�"a source of hope? Of oblivion? Or merely a myth?