America City

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
Cover of the book America City by Chris Beckett, Atlantic Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Chris Beckett ISBN: 9781786491534
Publisher: Atlantic Books Publication: November 2, 2017
Imprint: Atlantic Books Language: English
Author: Chris Beckett
ISBN: 9781786491534
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Publication: November 2, 2017
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Language: English

'An uneasy read that manages to feel both timely and urgent... Beckett offers an intelligent, visceral reminder that unless we change what today looks like, tomorrow will be turbulent indeed.' - GuardianAmerica, one century on: a warmer climate is causing vast movements of people. Droughts, floods and hurricanes force entire populations to simply abandon their homes. Tensions are mounting between north and south, and some northern states are threatening to close their borders against homeless fellow-Americans from the south.Against this backdrop, an ambitious young British-born publicist, Holly Peacock, meets a new client, the charismatic Senator Slaymaker, a politician whose sole mission is to keep America together, reconfiguring the entire country in order to meet the challenge of the new climate realities as a single, united nation. When he runs for President, Holly becomes his right hand woman, doing battle on the whisperstream, where stories are everything and truth counts for little.But can they bring America together - or have they set the country on a new, but equally devastating, path?

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

'An uneasy read that manages to feel both timely and urgent... Beckett offers an intelligent, visceral reminder that unless we change what today looks like, tomorrow will be turbulent indeed.' - GuardianAmerica, one century on: a warmer climate is causing vast movements of people. Droughts, floods and hurricanes force entire populations to simply abandon their homes. Tensions are mounting between north and south, and some northern states are threatening to close their borders against homeless fellow-Americans from the south.Against this backdrop, an ambitious young British-born publicist, Holly Peacock, meets a new client, the charismatic Senator Slaymaker, a politician whose sole mission is to keep America together, reconfiguring the entire country in order to meet the challenge of the new climate realities as a single, united nation. When he runs for President, Holly becomes his right hand woman, doing battle on the whisperstream, where stories are everything and truth counts for little.But can they bring America together - or have they set the country on a new, but equally devastating, path?

More books from Atlantic Books

Cover of the book How to Be Normal by Chris Beckett
Cover of the book The Living Maya by Chris Beckett
Cover of the book Sorcerer's Apprentice by Chris Beckett
Cover of the book After Gregory by Chris Beckett
Cover of the book A Very Short History of Western Thought by Chris Beckett
Cover of the book Windows to the Womb by Chris Beckett
Cover of the book Angel of Auschwitz by Chris Beckett
Cover of the book Scotland: 1,000 Things You Need To Know by Chris Beckett
Cover of the book Macrobiotics for Life by Chris Beckett
Cover of the book Radical Wholeness by Chris Beckett
Cover of the book The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce? by Chris Beckett
Cover of the book Your Soul's Plan eChapters - Chapter 3: Parenting Handicapped Children by Chris Beckett
Cover of the book The Starseed Dialogues by Chris Beckett
Cover of the book Britannia by Chris Beckett
Cover of the book Jump Girl by Chris Beckett
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy