The Seed of Earth

The Seed of Earth is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, originally published as an Ace Double in 1962. The novel takes place in the near future, and tells the story of a group of individuals, selected randomly by a government-sponsored lottery, who are forced to leave Earth and establish a colony on a distant world. Once there, four of the colonists are abducted by the planet's native inhabitants, and must put aside their differences and work together in order to survive.

References

Seed of Earth entry on Robert Silverberg fan site.[1]

Seed of Earth entry on FantasticFiction.[2]