Arborescence : 'Extraordinary' Sophie Ward

Charlotte says about Arborescence:
"A novel about humans turning into trees? Count me in with double enthusiasm! Arborescence follows a couple trying to navigate a world where an idea spreads that may just save the Earth as we know it. Poetic, reflective, and dazzling in its scope, it holds equal measure beauty and horror as the line between forms of life blur. Imagine being a Jacaracanda!"

What makes a person want to be a tree?

Bren and his partner Caelyn are feeling at a standstill in their lives. One day they come across a video of people in the forest who believe that if they stand still for long enough they will transform into trees. The idea is absurd. But it's spreading. Soon, people start to go missing and trees appear in unlikely places.

As cities decay and the world becomes greener, Caelyn becomes more and more convinced that arborescence is exactly what will save the planet from human destruction. Bren isn't so sure. Drifting apart, Bren and Caelyn are forced to question what it really means to be human - and if they are ready to stand still.

Author: Davis, RhettModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published on 15 January 2026 by Little, Brown Book Group (Fleet) in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 304 pages
145 x 223 x 29 | 426g