It happened. Global warming, the melting ice caps the rising sea levels that swallowed up most of the big cities, it all happened. The world reached a 'tipping point' and the waters rose and rose till the flood barriers failed and the sea took it all. Now the trick is to keep going, just to keep going in a world that is on the edge of falling apart.
In Britain, people fled to the high ground. New
cities and towns were thrown up by the Mass Migration schemes. Now regimented
lines of concrete tower blocks, the Stacks, march along the re-shaped coastline
occupied by the fortunate. Those less fortunate, those who lost everything,
their identity, their money and their homes, they must live on the fringes, in
sprawling shanty towns of 'illegals' where life is hard and often short.
The State is everywhere, surveillance a way of
life, rights and freedoms a luxury washed away by the rising water. Now it is
just a continual struggle to survive - after the flood. For those who break the
rules there is quick justice by Tribunal, if they live, there are Treatment
Centres which 're-educate' bad citizens, and labour camps for the rest.
Life is grim, but things keep getting worse.
Violence is normal, everyone is suspect, and 'being a good citizen' seems to be
more difficult every day. Someone has to police this mess, someone has
to try to keep the lid on, and Senior Detective Corsa Moran is on the front
line. But Corsa wants to do more than just crowd control, she wants to
investigate crimes and bring criminals to justice, she wants to make a
difference, improve things, she wants to bring some hope.
Attitudes like that attract attention and can get
a person, and those close to her, into trouble. Then Corsa's own family
is targeted and no-one seems to want to uncover what really happened and what
is really going on. Everyone seems to want her to shut up, they want her to
accept the 'official version' of events, but she is not convinced and she can't
let it go, that isn't possible, not for Corsa Moran.
If she is going to get to the truth, she is going
to have to fight her colleagues, Military Intelligence and even the government.
But Corsa can't stop, no matter what the price might be to her, and to those
around her, she only knows one way to go, and that road is leading her into
deep waters.
Review:
First book in a new series and first book I have read by this author. This is a provoking, dystopian novel that seem all too familiar with regards to the environmental issues already facing our planet and global warming that has been changing our lives for years. This book seems to come as a warning.
Corsa Moran is an admirable woman, a Senior Detective, in a society where woman’s place seems to be back at home, having children and cooking healthy meals. The society is driven by fear, greed for power and Military Intelligence who seem to overall all. Once they have you, you might never resurface.
But Corsa isn’t admired. Her own family shuns her, her mother always picking fights and her own colleagues do not hide their dislike for her. And then the bombings start and Corsa losing everything. She can only rely on her on instincts and they lead her straight into some dangerous waters.
I love Corsa – she is like a female version of Eddie Collins (look up Andrew Barrett’s books). She is raw, rude and ruthless in her pursuit of the truth even if it means she puts her own life in danger.
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