Balzac's War: A Tale of Veniss Underground by Jeff VanderMeer

Author:Jeff VanderMeer [VanderMeer, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, short story, anthology
ISBN: 2940012344182
Publisher: Jeff Vandermeer
Published: 2011-03-25T00:00:00+00:00

VENISS EXPOSED:

PRECURSORS AND EPIPHANIES

Note: This afterword contains spoilers. It details the genesis of the original creator of the uplifted meerkats, providing backstory not found in the novel or in “Balzac’s War”.

The first thing Bunadeo saw was the ceiling of the laboratory: the grain of rough, dark stone smoothed by human technologies. The first thing he heard was the rushing surge of the sea, which he mistook for the sound of his own pumping blood. The first face he saw was that of Madrid Sybel, smiling. No memories haunted Bunadeo’s head. Although an adult, he did not even know his name until Madrid told him.

“Who am I?” he asked, his throat dry.

“Bunadeo,” the smiling face told him.

“Where am I?”

“In a kingdom by the sea,” the smiling face said.

The room smelled of plastic and of brine.

He fell into darkness for awhile. When he woke, he knew little more, but he had held onto his name: Bunadeo. He was Bunadeo…

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