Babylon Babies
1999 novel by Maurice G. Dantec
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Babylon Babies is the third novel by French-born Canadian writer Maurice G. Dantec, published in 1999. It follows La Sirène rouge (1993) and Les Racines du mal (1995).
First edition | |
| Author | Maurice G. Dantec |
|---|---|
| Translator | Noura Wedell |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Gallimard |
Publication date | December 1999 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 526 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1-58435-023-1 |
| OCLC | 61129655 |
| 843/.914 22 | |
| LC Class | PQ2664.A4888 B3314 2005 |
Plot
Set in 2014, the main character, Hugo Cornelius Toorop (hero of The Red Siren), is a mercenary whose mission is to escort a young woman with schizophrenia, Marie Zorn, from Siberia to Quebec on behalf of a sect. It appears that the young woman is the surrogate mother of twins, representing the next stage of human evolution.
Publication
Film adaptation
Mathieu Kassovitz and Éric Besnard developed an English-language adaptation of Dantec's novel[3] with financing from StudioCanal and Twentieth Century Fox.[4] Vin Diesel was cast to play the lead, alongside Mark Strong, Michelle Yeoh, and Charlotte Rampling.[5]
