During middle school, Ziegler spent a lot of time in detention, where the deal was, write three pages of anything and you could go. Ziegler started writing short stories then. His first science fiction story was published in 2008, and his novel Seed followed. Ziegler lives in Colorado with his wife and a large white cat. Here’s 
About a century from now, when Rob Ziegler’s excellent debut novel Seed (2011) starts, climate change has caused a new Dust Bowl in the Corn Belt, resulting in major famine across the United States. Most of the surviving population leads a nomadic existence, migrating across the ravaged landscape in search of habitable, arable land. Decades of war, resource depletion and population decline have left the government practically powerless. Gangs and warlords rule the land.
The only thing staving off full-blown starvation is Satori,
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Do it! One of the best things I've read in recent years.
This reminds me. I want to read Addie LaRue.
We’re in total agreement David!
I felt just the same. The prose and character work was excellent. The larger story was unsatisfying, especially compared to…
Hmmm. I think I'll pass.