Vivarium is a fast-paced science fiction novel with satiric hints on topics not usually seen together: space, biology, race, folktales, religion, drugs and forest peoples. The evolution of mankind is under threat on a day when anthropologist Joel is busy studying Baka-pygmy hunters in the middle of the rainforest. Joel is scooped by an alien spaceship with a portion of land, laid-back indigenous people, hot tempered women, men of influence, a handful of soldiers and a few local creatures. Their destination seems paradisiac, but the classic balance of power is overturned as they make unsettling discoveries on the relationship between humans and Nature. With no way back to Earth, the last of us find themselves part of the great galactic Vivarium.