The EvoAngel: a mushroom thriller

Rice, Ellen King

ISBN 10: 0996979603 / ISBN 13: 9780996979603

Verlag: Undergrowth Publishing, 2016

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0996979603I4N10

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Wild mushrooms hold secrets in their DNA, including the keys to human transformation.
In this fast-paced science-based thriller, an elderly woodswoman must open her secretive life to outsiders. Edna Morton is producing feathers, and it may be due to her use of a local mushroom.

An appointment with her trusted doctor is interrupted by a visiting physician who immediately wants control of Edna’s body. For this doctor’s research, a dead body will do.

Profoundly frightened, Edna escapes to her beloved woods. As Edna mulls her complicated family history and inherited stories of old women being burned as witches, she knows there may be danger of certain family traits appearing in her daughter and granddaughter. Will they break out in feathers if exposed to a special fungus? How do epigenetics result in bold body adaptations? Evolution isn’t always slow. There are times when a change in the environment will trigger a rapid cascade of responses.

Edna vacillates between hiding and sharing, hoping her very private life can be reclaimed, but it’s too late. Pictures of her daughter’s special adaptations land on the internet. Edna must use wit, wile and woodland connections to protect her family as people around the globe wonder if her mushrooms can create angels.

In this first book of the Mushroom Thriller adventures, Rice highlights the DNA-level interactions between fungi and humans. Winner of a 2019 IPPY Gold Medal for Best Regional Fiction (Lichenwald) and a 2018 IPPY Silver for Best Regional Fiction (Undergrowth), Ellen brings the Northwest woods to life in each of her stand-alone stories.

In The Slime Mold Murder, Ellen blends the species in the Myxogastria class with party planning. In The Forest of Mayhem, we see the challenges of mourning loss while cleaning out the family home along with the further miseries of a failed book launch. In each tale, the woods of the Pacific Northwest provide solace, mysteries, wonders, and some very real dangers.

Each Mushroom Thriller has many stunning pen-and-ink illustrations of local fungi by Olympia artist Duncan Sheffels, who knows how to bring the quiet charm of the forest to the reader with clarity and joy.

Treat yourself to a forest adventure that will have you salivating for more mushrooms!

Buy The EvoAngel today!

READERS LOVE THIS BOOK:

"The book and the plot move at a wonderfully entertaining pace."

“It's an adventure, a mystery, a fantasy, and a primer on mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest rolled into an interesting story that never goes in the most predictable direction.”

. . . “-realistically quirky people from a wide variety of ethnicities, cultures and classes, insider knowledge . . .”

"It is this melding together of science and a great thriller that is such an accomplishment by a skilled author”

“Complex biology mixed with unadulterated evil mixed with a story line full of twists and turns.”

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Ellen King Rice is a former conservation officer and wildlife biologist. She is interested in the subcellular responses to environmental changes and the ability of certain fungi to activate human DNA.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The EvoAngel: a mushroom thriller
Verlag: Undergrowth Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket