A Half-Built Garden

In 'A Half-Built Garden', Judy Wallach-Stevens, a hydrologist in a climate-conscious community near the Chesapeake Bay, discovers an alien spaceship on a routine monitoring mission.

The aliens, known as Ringers, propose that humanity abandon Earth to join their multi-species alliance in deep space habitats to escape an impending climate catastrophe.

The novel delves into themes of cooperation, mutual agreement, queer and Jewish identity, and the complexities of human and alien cultures.

It also explores sustainable human communities, corporate cultures, and the challenges of decision-making and power dynamics in the face of significant global change.