Read the review on Shoreline of Infinity. ●●●
Life, both animal and vegetable, from the Garden of Eden—the literal Garden of Eden—is still around and scattered throughout the modern world. That’s the premise of Birds of Paradise: that the rose of Eden has been forever blooming through the ages, that “Owl” and “Pig” and “Rook” survive in perpetuity, and that Adam, full of scars and old bullet wounds, can still remember the garden if he stretches his mind to its limits.
This premise alone is loaded: such biblical figures do not belong in the modern world, having been made (in the book’s parlance) before the invention of death, and yet—unlike other tales involving fantastic visitors—nor are they totally outsiders.
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Published in 2024 on the SOI website.
Jeffrey Palms 
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