Waiting on Wednesday (50)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Title: Rootless
Author: Chris Howard
Expected Publication Date: November 1, 2012

From Goodreads:

17-year-old Banyan is a tree builder. Using scrap metal and salvaged junk, he creates forests for rich patrons who seek a reprieve from the desolate landscape. Although Banyan's never seen a real tree—they were destroyed more than a century ago—his father used to tell him stories about the Old World. But that was before his father was taken . . .

Everything changes when Banyan meets a woman with a strange tattoo—a clue to the whereabouts of the last living trees on earth, and he sets off across a wasteland from which few return. Those who make it past the pirates and poachers can't escape the locusts—the locusts that now feed on human flesh.

But Banyan isn't the only one looking for the trees, and he's running out of time. Unsure of whom to trust, he's forced to make an uneasy alliance with Alpha, an alluring, dangerous pirate with an agenda of her own. As they race towards a promised land that might only be a myth, Banyan makes shocking discoveries about his family, his past, and how far people will go to bring back the trees.

Can you imagine living in a world without trees? I can't! I'm not sure how this story is going to work, I'm a little curious to see how they explain the lack of trees yet they have oxygen. Hopefully it will make some sense and not be one of those ideas where you are expected to just ignore everything scientific you know. I'm not a fan of those stories. Either way, I'm anxious to read this one, it still sounds pretty promising.

What are you waiting on this week? Leave me a link in the comments and I'll check it out!