Sue Burke returns to her Semiosis series with Usurpation, a companion to Semiosis and Interference, which combines the thrill of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening with the eco-empowerment of VanderMeer’s Dead Astronauts.
Steveland, the dominant sentient lifeform of Pax, has clandestinely sent some of its progeny to Earth. To explore, to spread, to report back.

Since their germination, Earth has become a powder keg. Human rebellion, robot uprisings, and global pandemics have created chaos, distrust, and death.

As more and more conflicts break out across Earth, Stevland's children work in the background, in an attempt to control human behavior and perhaps, bring peace to the planet. Stevland took control of Pax. Earth shouldn’t be too difficult…
 
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SUE BURKE spent many years working as a reporter and editor for a variety of newspapers and magazines before writing her critically acclaimed novel, Semiosis. A Clarion workshop alumnus, Burke has published more than thirty short stories in addition to working extensively as a literary translator. She lives in Chicago.