Firewalkers (Ebook)
A Climate Crisis Novella by the 'British Master of Science Fiction'
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A group of ill-equipped, expendable young workers set out into the desert in a novella by the Clarke Award-winning author of Children of Time
* THE STUNNING DYSTOPIAN NOVELLA BY THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CHILDREN OF STRIFE *
'A perfect pay-off' - SFX MAGAZINE
'A masterclass in concise storytelling' - SCIFINOW
'You owe it to yourself to check this one out' - AT BOUNDARY'S EDGE
'A brutally honest look at humanity' - THE NERD DAILY
FIREWALKERS ARE BRAVE. FIREWALKERS ARE RESOURCEFUL. FIREWALKERS ARE EXPENDABLE.
The Earth is burning. Nothing can survive at the Anchor; not without water and power. But the ultra-rich, waiting for their ride off the dying Earth? They can buy water. And thanks to their investment, the sun can provide power.
But someone has to repair the solar panels when they fail, down in the deserts below. Kids like Mao, and Lupé, and Hotep; kids with brains and guts but no hope. The Firewalkers.
Firewalkers (Hardback)
A Climate Crisis Novella by the 'British Master of Science Fiction'
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Tchaikovsky focuses the taut story in such a way that every detail is relevant, building towards a climax that doesn't feel possible at the beginning but which, by the end, feels like a perfect pay-off
* THE STUNNING DYSTOPIAN NOVELLA BY THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CHILDREN OF TIME SERIES *
'A perfect pay-off' - SFX MAGAZINE
'A masterclass in concise storytelling' - SCIFINOW
'You owe it to yourself to check this one out' - AT BOUNDARY'S EDGE
'A brutally honest look at humanity' - THE NERD DAILY
FIREWALKERS ARE BRAVE. FIREWALKERS ARE RESOURCEFUL. FIREWALKERS ARE EXPENDABLE.
The Earth is burning. Nothing can survive at the Anchor; not without water and power. But the ultra-rich, waiting for their ride off the dying Earth? They can buy water. And thanks to their investment, the sun can provide power.
But someone has to repair the solar panels when they fail, down in the deserts below. Kids like Mao, and Lupé, and Hotep; kids with brains and guts but no hope. The Firewalkers.
Adrian Tchaikovsky
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