In a future where solar radiation has melted the polar ice caps, London exists as a tropical lagoon filled with silt and giant reptiles. Scientist Robert Kerans lives in a submerged luxury hotel, tasked with cataloging flora and fauna as the biosphere reverts to the Triassic age. Instead of fleeing the rising heat, Kerans and his companions undergo a psychological shift, experiencing vivid communal dreams that mirror the biological regression of their environment. They eventually reject the artifacts of civilization to follow a primitive, solar-driven instinct toward the south.
Readers who value speculative fiction focused on internal psychology rather than technological solutions will find this narrative significant. It serves those interested in how environmental collapse reshapes human biology and the subconscious mind. You walk away with a vision of the apocalypse where the catastrophe is not an ending to be survived, but a devolutionary process where the human psyche merges with a prehistoric landscape. The book offers a clinical look at the surrender of the ego to planetary change.
Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Story Seeker. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 1962
- Language
- EN
