Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard

Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard

by Lawrence M. Schoen

4.3 (387)

4.3 stars from 387 reviews

356 pages~5.9 hr readPublished by MacmillanPublished 2015-12-29

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  • You enjoy speculative fiction that takes a genuinely strange premise seriously, with the kind of world-building that feels lived-in rather than explained.
  • You're drawn to stories about friendship, loss, and the weight of inherited secrets, especially when they're told across generations.
  • You appreciate thoughtful science fiction that explores what happens to marginalised communities when they hold knowledge everyone else desperately needs.

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  • You prefer fast-paced plots with clear antagonists and straightforward resolutions, as this book moves at a contemplative pace and rewards patience with ambiguity.
  • You want human protagonists, or at least stories centred on species that feel familiar, since the cast is entirely non-human.
  • You're looking for uplifting escapism, as the book grapples with suicide, exile, and exploitation as central themes.

About this book

In a distant future where humans are extinct, sentient animals uplifted into intelligent beings inhabit the galaxy. The Fant are anthropomorphic elephants exiled to Barsk, a rainy world where they are ostracized by other species. Despite their isolation, the Fant produce essential medicines that all species depend on, most notably Koph—a drug that enables users to communicate with the recently deceased. A shadowy group forces the Fant to surrender their knowledge and control of Koph. A Fant named Jorl is compelled to question his deceased best friend, who committed suicide years earlier under mysterious circumstances. Through this contact with the dead, Jorl discovers a secret that powerful forces want to remain hidden. Meanwhile, Pizlo, the physically challenged son of Jorl's dead friend, experiences disturbing visions that drive him toward an uncertain future.

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