It has been done many times and like falling in love and bitter betrayal it is a useful trope. My coworkers and I were delighted to discover that we had all read a book in common as children. The main plot of the book centered around a medicinal herb that was introduced to an ecosystem and then wrecked havoc, only to be controlled by fire.
For an author it is a good thing to know a little about various herbs and their uses both for healing and harming. Weather an author is writing a historical novel or a science fiction drama set on a far away world knowing how people have historically interacted with the plants around them can add wonderful details to any story. In a pinch a common weed can be turned into the saving grace for a world, or its bane.
It has been done many times and like falling in love and bitter betrayal it is a useful trope. My coworkers and I were delighted to discover that we had all read a book in common as children. The main plot of the book centered around a medicinal herb that was introduced to an ecosystem and then wrecked havoc, only to be controlled by fire.
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AuthorBetty Adams is an up and coming author with a bent for science and Sci-fi. Archives
March 2021
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