Exodus

TitleExodus
Year for Search2002
AuthorsBertagna, Julie(b. 1962)
Date Published2002
PublisherYoung Picador
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsFemale author, Scottish author
Annotation

First volume of a dystopian trilogy. The dystopia was brought about by global warming in which the island home of the protagonist, based on Kiribati, is disappearing under water. There are hints of a better world elsewhere, and the entire community goes in search of it. Sequels include Zenith. London: Young Picador, 2007, about the search for a better place that was begun at the end of Exodus; and Aurora. London: Macmillan, 2011 which is about a struggle of a powerful force that wants to control the world. Elements of fantasy in all three novels. 

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Author Note

Scottish female author (b. 1962).

Full Text

2002 Bertagna, Julie (b. 1962). Exodus. London: Young Picador. O

First volume of a dystopian trilogy. The dystopia was brought about by global warming in which the island home of the protagonist, based on Kiribati, is disappearing under water. There are hints of a better world elsewhere, and the entire community goes in search of it. Sequels include Zenith. London: Young Picador, 2007, about the search for a better place that was begun at the end of Exodus; and Aurora. London: Macmillan, 2011 which is about a struggle of a powerful force that wants to control the world. Elements of fantasy in all three novels.