A botanical civilization
The Sylvan
Hegemony
Forests hold territory. Living roots carry power. Animal survival unfolds inside a world governed by intelligent plant life.
The series
Four books. One living world.
Botanical sovereignty, animal refuges, rival powers, and the difficult work of sharing a planet.
Life beyond the hunt
A civilization grown into its world
Rooted and mobile life forms bring different needs to questions of territory, resources, identity, and law. The Hegemony has room for citizens, cultivated hunters, and dangerous wildlife.
Enter the world →Xenobotanical gallery
First encounters
Ten visual studies introduce a wider bank of fifty candidate species.
Mobile snap trap
Sylvan Dread-Jaw
Voracio dionaeaA tripod root base carries a powerful three-lobed trapping structure. The design explores the support and recovery demands of an active botanical hunter.
Adhesive curtain trap
Weeping Shroud
Drosera shroudaLong glandular leaves bear amber droplets and curl toward a digestive center. Adhesive production and weather resistance define the design.
Rooted civic intelligence
Sovereign Iron-Oak
Sylvanus hegemonisA long-lived rooted organism grows platforms and sensing tissues into its surroundings. Its political role is explored alongside the limits of its body.