A nation divided by climate, stories will determine its fate.One century from now, a changed climate is forcing mass migrations across America. As tensions rise between north and south, publicist Holly Peacock finds herself working for Senator Slaymaker, a politician determined to unite the country.
But as Slaymaker launches a bid for the presidency, Holly discovers that winning hearts and minds in the whisperstreamwhere stories are everything and truth counts for littlemay come at a devastating cost. Can she help him bring America together, or will their campaign set the nation on an irreversible path to self-destruction?
For readers of speculative fiction and political thrillers,America Cityexplores the future of American identity in the face of environmental crisis. Will ambition and manipulation triumph, or can empathy and understanding still prevail?
"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." —Guardian
"America Cityis beautifully written, inventive, with a strong cast of characters . . . and a plot that makes the reader think, and is another great book from one of the best writers around." —Concatenation
"Compelling . . . a grim demonstration of how one person can change history, but not control it." —SFX
"WhilstAmerica Citycould be called a climate-change novel, it is much more than that. The droughts, storms, and floods provide the context in which questions about identity, crafting story, creating and manipulating political events and policy, and exploring tensions in friendships and relationships, occur. It is an intelligent and compelling novel which through well-plotted story—and complex, believable, and interesting characters—explores one pol3$
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