Babylon Babies

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).

Babylon Babies

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
Dewey Decimal	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

The novel was published by Gallimard on 12 March 1999 in the collection La Noire.^[1] A paperback edition was then published on 4 April 2001 in the collection Folio SF.^[2]

Film adaptation

Main article: Babylon A.D.

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]

See also

• The Red Siren