**A mesmerizing novel of unfolding dystopia in a world very like our own, for readers of Emily St. John Mandel's _Station 11_ and Margaret Atwood's _The Year of the Flood_.** In a future very like today, _Above the Ether_ follows six sets of characters moving through a landscape and a country ju
Above the Ether
โ Scribed by Eric Barnes
- Publisher
- Arcade
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
A mesmerizing novel of unfolding dystopia in a world very like our own, for readers of Emily St. John Mandel's Station 11 and Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood.
In a future very like today, Above the Ether follows six sets of characters moving through a landscape and a country just beginning to show the signs of change. A father and his young children fleeing a tsunami after a massive earthquake in the Gulf. A woman and her husband punished endlessly for the loss of both their sons in the wake of addiction, watching a fire slowly burn closer to their family home. A brilliant investor, assessing opportunity in the risk to crops, homes, cities, industries, infrastructure, working in the silent comfort of her office sixty floors up in the scorching air. A doctor and his wife stuck in a refugee camp for immigrants crossing the border. Two young men working the rides in a roadside carnival, one escaping a violent past, the other a racist...
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