From the bestselling author of The History of Bees Longyearbyen 2110: Far to the North buried
deep in the mountains is a massive vault filled with seeds from every corner of the Earth.
Tommy grows up in the brutal landscape of Spitzbergen alongside his two brothers for whom he
would do anything and his grandmother the seed keeper of the vault. Life just to the South of
the North Pole is demanding but their tiny community has found its shape. It has been many
years since they cut off contact with other countries and in their isolation they live in
harmony with nature. When Longyearbyen is hit by a disaster Tommy his brothers and his
grandmother are among the few survivors. Six lonely people in a deserted landscape in
possession of a treasure the world thought forever lost. At the same time in a place far far
away Tao subsists on the memories of her son Wei-Wen whom she lost twelve years ago. Every
day is the same she is numb with sadness. And she is starving like the rest of her people
trapped on a barren impoverished land where countless species have disappeared. But everything
changes the day Tao is asked to lead an expedition to the North. The destination is Spitzbergen
and its legendary seeds. From acclaimed Norwegian author Maja Lunde The Dream of a Tree is a
chilling and gripping tale about our responsibility to this planet both as a species and as
individuals. Past present and future are woven together and the novel poses questions that
our age is striving to answer: How did homo sapiens become the species that changed
everything? Do we deserve to be masters of nature? And are we too an endangered species?
