Orf is a sentient drilling machine, designed to probe the very center of the Earth. But the world around him is changing, transformed by cataclysmic earthquakes and cultural upheavals. The Pacific Northwest secedes from the United States, becoming a matriarchal ecotopia...for a time. Civilization collapses, and bizarre new societies rise from the remains of the old. Humanity encounters strange new beings and states of being, from both within the Earth and beyond, until human life itself is changed almost beyond recognition. Now Orf must change as well, becoming both myth and monster, savior and sage, to future generations of humanity. Lyrical and compelling, Earthling is a novel of the future unlike any you have ever read.
"Daniel proves that the Golden Age of science fiction is right here now, and that the coming generation of writers needs apologize to no one!"
GREG BEAR "Remember his name, and keep watching for whatever he does."
ROGER ZELAZNY
"Tony Daniel is without a doubt the most lyrically gifted writer to enter the field in many a year."
LUCIUS SHEPARD
"A writer to watch in the 90s"
GARDNER DOZIOS
Jacket art by Bruce Jensen
