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Clade is a
science fiction novel written by
Mark Budz, published in 2003. In
Clade, an environmental disaster called the Ecocaust has caused
sea levels to rise and causing additional strains on
human resources. The government, in response, becomes more restrictive on
human freedoms, and this novel explores what happens after the Ecocaust.
Plot summary
In
Clade, the Ecocaust, an environmental disaster, causes major problems such as rising
sea levels and additional strains on
human resources. Although
civilization recovers from this disaster, they do so at the expense of their previous
freedoms. "Polycorps" develop from
governments and
corporations. The wonders of
biotech introduce a new class system where
human beings have been socially engineered at the
molecular level through a process called "clading." This "clading" process places entire
socioeconomic or
ethnic groups made to be biologically predisposed to live in particular communities. If a
person enters a community that they've not been claded to, the consequences could be devastating, resulting in sickness or death. Although it isn't intentionally
racist,
businesses and retail outlets using this clading process to keep away the riffraff, will simply screen out clientele below a certain prosperity level. Therefore, a
black market exists enabling people to buy the right biotech to inhibit the "pherions" in their systems to be placed in a certain
clade.
The
protagonist is a man named Rigo, a
Latino from the San Jose clade who wants to move up in
society. Rigo accepts a job at a biotech firm that develops special
vegetation for a planned orbital colony. Although his friends look down on him with contempt for selling out, he still maintains a close relationship with his mother, lawless brother, and Anthea, his troubled
girlfriend. At work, after Rigo fears being exposed to some dangerous pherions, he finds to his surprise that the
company he works for eagerly wants to send some of the
plants they've been working on into
space; and they want Rigo to supervise the transfer. Something about the haste of the company leaves Rigo feeling fishy. The secrets of this story unravel one after another, leading to holes in the
plot.
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