The Water Knife

A good cli-fi thriller. It was a bit slow going at first, with a few expressions and abbreviations that needed a bit more explaining. Otherwise, a chilling look into a not-so-distant future of desertification, corporate dystopia, and structural / interpersonal violence that necessarily follow the privatization of the basics of life.

wow. the writing is at times artless and sometimes shockingly gory, but the story and the POV characters are so on point. I tore through it, glad I read this. a great book for our present climate, politically and environmentally, and IMHO a worthy follow up to THE WIND-UP GIRL and THE DROWNED WORLD.