BOOKS FROM CANADAThe Tusks of Extinction
by Ray Nayler
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Male author
Description:
When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has resurrected the mammoth, but someone must teach them how to be mammoths, or they are doomed to die out, again. The late Dr. Damira Khismatullina, the world’s foremost expert in elephant behavior, is called in to help. While she was murdered a year ago, her digitized consciousness is uploaded into the brain of a mammoth. Can she help the magnificent creatures fend off poachers long enough for their species to take hold? And will she ever discover the real reason they were brought back? A tense eco-thriller from a new master of the genre.
Reviews:
(6 months ago) |
18 Nov, 2025
What is it like to be a mammoth? Winner of the 2025 Hugo for best novella.
I enjoyed this very smart, deep book. Early reviewers praised Dune for its ecological approach, but I think Tusks of Extinction has a stronger sense of ecology. It is all about ecological systems and their connectivity with geographical, economic and memory systems. Kind of Avatar meets Jurassic Park, but not really a thriller.
My only qualm was that the author tended to repeat explanations unnecessarily. Better to trust the reader and edit more.
I will read more by Ray Nayler.
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