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The First Thousand Trees
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“One of the most unique and engaging voices in genre fiction.” — Booklist
The final instalment in The Annual Migration of Clouds trilogy
Henryk Mandrusiak, finding nothing left for him in his community following his best friend Reid’s departure, travels through the devastated land in search of a new place to call home.
After making a grievous mistake that ended in death, Henryk Mandrusiak feels increasingly ostracized within his own community, and after the passing on of his parents and the departure of his best friend, Reid, there is little left to tie him to the place he calls home. Henryk does something he never expected: He sets out into the harsh wilds alone, in search of far-flung family. He finds his uncle’s village, but making a life for himself in this unfriendly new place — rougher and more impoverished than the campus where he grew up — isn’t easy. Henryk strives to carve out a place of his own but learns that some corners of his broken world are darker than he could have imagined.
This stunning novella concludes the story Mohamed started in The Annual Migration of Clouds and continued in We Speak Through the Mountain, bleaker than ever but still in search of a spark of hope in the climate apocalypse.
Readers of climate fiction and postclimate apocalypse stories such as Alix E Harrows The Knight and the Butcherbird and Mohameds own The Butcher of the Forest will want to dive deep into this compelling and chilling series Library Journal
This novella is emotionally bold telling the story of Henryk and his journey to find himself in the wild and coming to terms with even the darkest of places along the way Im excited for readers to discover Premees ambitious writing and then be hungry to read her backlist as well Brandi Morpurgo Daisy Chain Book Co
It tells a good story and tells it well Locus
Mohamed wraps up a tensionfilled narrative of shock and survival that began with Reid in The Annual Migration of Clouds 2021 and brings everything full circle in the end Recommended for publiclibrary clifi collections Booklist
Its a fast wellwritten read that poses questions that can still resonate with us all The Seaboard Review
The First Thousand Trees is a satisfying and thoughtful conclusion to the trilogy and Mohamed offers readers a profound meditation on survival humanity and hope Helena Ramsaroop
The First Thousand Trees is a quietly ambitious and emotionally rich conclusion Mohamed trades spectacle for depth exploring what happens when the apocalypse is past and humanity is left to ask what now If you value character reflection and worldbuilding grounded in human cost this delivers The Maple Leaf Review
Mohameds writing is sharp and appropriately hopeful and haunting fluid according to what the situation calls for Phylum Press
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Dimensions:
156 Pages
8in * 5in * 0.38in
0.39lb
Published:
September 30, 2025
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9781770417342
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eng
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