A thrilling read that combines climate change issues, history of the water wars in the American Southwest, and a rip-roaring action story. Paulo BacigA thrilling read that combines climate change issues, history of the water wars in the American Southwest, and a rip-roaring action story. Paulo Bacigalupi's The Water Knife takes place in a near too-familiar future where the water wars have taken on a new dimension. Where once these disagreements were resolved in a courtroom, they are now enforced with gunships. Water Knives don't have to cut you, they can just cut off your water. You will be finished all the same.
Told from the perspective of multiple characters, they are weaved together brilliantly by Bacigalupi. Angel is a Water Knife, a mercenary sent in when the court awards senior water rights to another jurisdiction. He comes in with his troops, they serve papers, and cut off the supply with force. Lucy is a reporter on the edge documenting the Phoenix Collapse that's all around her. One step from being blown away by a giant size dust bowl that destroyed Texas. Maria is a Texas refugee trying to make ends meet so she can travel north to Canada or West to California. All three are caught up in a massive conspiracy on senior water rights. A plot twist that honors those who know the history of water wars in the Southwest. It will put a smile on your face....more
Ann Brashares steps away from the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with this post-apocalyptic time traveling Cli-Fi YA novel. While the focus is stilAnn Brashares steps away from the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with this post-apocalyptic time traveling Cli-Fi YA novel. While the focus is still a young teen navigating a new world, the environment is decidedly different. Instead of figuring out her own future, Prenna James must find a way to survive a terrible plague by traveling back to the past. Part of a large colony, rules are established so as not to interfere with their new present. They must survive in secrecy, even forgoing medical assistance, without any tie to the present that could further endanger their already perilous future.
In 2098, the world has been destroyed by climate change. The polar ice caps have melted, the ocean levels have risen, but it isn’t these natural disasters that are destroying the world. A blood-borne plague is spreading. The new decimated climate it makes it prime breeding ground for the world’s deadliest creature, the mosquito. The invention of time travel has allowed a small colony to establish a new life in 2010 New York. The strict rules provide a cult-like environment forbidding contact with each other and the outside world. It’s a big problem for Prenna as her classmate Eden can’t seem to leave her alone. It’s his secret that will unravel all the colony has created. In questioning this society and breaking their strict rules will Prenna discover the true secret of their future?
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