num_pages: 16
description: After bringing Earth to ruin the age of humans is over. It is a blessing for some in this tender and tragic cautionary fable from the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of A Thousand Acres.Now the Congress of Animals is in control unforgiving and debating the fate of the planets most reviled species. The popular ruling: exterminate humankind without exception. But a curious mare coming of age is making a case for a seemingly gentle person she longs to savea wish for mercy that could once again unbalance the new and righteous nature of the world.Jane Smileys The Hillside is part of Warmer a collection of seven visions of a conceivable tomorrow by todays most thought-provoking authors. Alarming inventive intimate and frightening each story can be read or listened to in a single breathtaking sitting.
language: English
title: The Hillside
publisher: Amazon Original Stories