Earthseed

Deep within its core, Ship carries the seed of humankind. Sent into space to fulfil the final destiny of the human race, all of Earth's brightest hopes are in the genetic material stored aboard Ship. Now, over a century later, Ship has created Zoheret and her shipmates from its genetic banks. It has found a home for its children on an uninhabited, earth like planet, but its passengers are not ready to leave - what do they really know of living on a hostile, open surface, alone and unaided by the living machine that has been mother, father, and teacher for all their lives? To prepare them, Ship devises a "survival test." Suddenly, instincts that have been latent for over one hundred years take over. Zoheret watches friends become strangers - strangers and enemies. Can Zoheret and her companions overcome the biggest obstacle to the survival of the human race-themselves?