The Tusks of Extinction

Mountain in the Sea,” but I found it worked better for me and at a much higher level.  I haven’t read much eco-sci fi, but Nayler is clearly a profound voice in the subgenre.  He has worked with the State Department and NOAA and was in the Peace Corps for many years.  He is fluent in Russian and speaks many other languages.  I hope he is still employed by the government.  He has an amazing insight into the plight of animals and their relationship with humans.  This book takes the catastrophe of the ivory trade and transports it to a future where the mammoths are brought back through cloning and the poaching they face.  There is also a great twist that lets us into the minds of the mammoths, which I’ll explain in the plot summary.  This book is now my top pick out of the 2025 Hugo Novella nominees, with one more to go.

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