The Deluge
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A New York Times Notable Book
"This book is, simply put, a modern classic. If you read it, you'll never forget it. Prophetic, terrifying, uplifting." --Stephen King From the bestselling author of Ohio, a masterful American epic charting a near future approaching collapse and a nascent but strengthening solidarity. In the first decades of the 21st century, the world is convulsing, its governments mired in gridlock while a patient but unrelenting ecological crisis looms. America is in upheaval, battered by violent weather and extreme politics. In California in 2013, Tony Pietrus, a scientist studying deposits of undersea methane, receives a death threat. His fate will become bound to a stunning cast of characters--a broken drug addict, a star advertising strategist, a neurodivergent mathematician, a cunning eco-terrorist, an actor turned religious zealot, and a brazen young activist named Kate Morris, who, in the mountains of Wyoming, begins a project that will alter the course of the decades to come. From the Gulf Coast to Los Angeles, the Midwest to Washington, DC, their intertwined odysseys unfold against a stark backdrop of accelerating chaos as they summon courage, galvanize a nation, fall to their own fear, and find wild hope in the face of staggering odds. As their stories hurtle toward a spectacular climax, each faces a reckoning: what will they sacrifice to salvage humanity's last chance at a future? A singular achievement, The Deluge is a once-in-a-generation novel that meets the moment as few works of art ever have.
"This book is, simply put, a modern classic. If you read it, you'll never forget it. Prophetic, terrifying, uplifting." --Stephen King From the bestselling author of Ohio, a masterful American epic charting a near future approaching collapse and a nascent but strengthening solidarity. In the first decades of the 21st century, the world is convulsing, its governments mired in gridlock while a patient but unrelenting ecological crisis looms. America is in upheaval, battered by violent weather and extreme politics. In California in 2013, Tony Pietrus, a scientist studying deposits of undersea methane, receives a death threat. His fate will become bound to a stunning cast of characters--a broken drug addict, a star advertising strategist, a neurodivergent mathematician, a cunning eco-terrorist, an actor turned religious zealot, and a brazen young activist named Kate Morris, who, in the mountains of Wyoming, begins a project that will alter the course of the decades to come. From the Gulf Coast to Los Angeles, the Midwest to Washington, DC, their intertwined odysseys unfold against a stark backdrop of accelerating chaos as they summon courage, galvanize a nation, fall to their own fear, and find wild hope in the face of staggering odds. As their stories hurtle toward a spectacular climax, each faces a reckoning: what will they sacrifice to salvage humanity's last chance at a future? A singular achievement, The Deluge is a once-in-a-generation novel that meets the moment as few works of art ever have.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1982123095
ISBN13:9781982123093
Release Date:January 2023
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Length:896 Pages
Weight:2.94 lbs.
Dimensions:1.9" x 6.2" x 9.4"
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A Prophetic Tale of Our Waning World
Published by Randy Ehrler , 11 months ago
As we stare down the barrel of an impending environmental catastrophe, "The Deluge" offers a chilling yet meticulous look into the near future. Through the eyes of a diverse cast of characters, we witness the slow-motion destruction of our planet, with climate change's effects seeping into every nook and cranny of our world. The book shatters any illusions of a quick fix, revealing instead the empty promises, false hopes, and bureaucratic nightmares that have stymied our efforts to prevent this looming crisis for over 30 years. The book represents a wake-up call, starkly depicting our reality. We see the accumulation of devastation under our noses, thousands of environmental catastrophes that have been ignored as the world carried on in blissful ignorance. The book exposes the harsh truth: our future has already been mortgaged, and we're just waiting for the check to clear. It's time for us to take a long, hard look at ourselves and take action before it's too late.
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