Discover 'Waterline', a captivating novel by Chris Else that dives deep into a chilling future shaped by climate change and technology. This gripping speculative fiction is reminiscent of popular series like Black Mirror and The Handmaid's Tale, immersing readers in a haunting narrative set in a coastal South Pacific nation. Here, rising seas force families, like the Handsons, to abandon their beachfront homes, leading them to the bleak city of Byte, governed by the ominous BORIS – a digital bureaucracy. As Stella and her children navigate this harsh new reality, they confront the dangerous fringes of society ruled by vigilantes and the challenges of a world dominated by Artificial Intelligence and social media addiction.

Waterline isn't just a story; it's a timely reflection on the choices we face today that will shape the future. With its blend of dark humor, imminent threat, and deep philosophical undertones, this novel raises pertinent questions about responsibility, love, and the human spirit’s resilience in an age of uncertainty. With 320 pages of compelling storytelling in a compact paperback format (153 x 234 mm), this book invites readers of speculative fiction to reflect on their own values and the implications of their decisions.

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CONDITION: Brand New
Dimensions: 153 x 234 mm
Pages: 320
Bind: paperback
Author: Chris Else Publisher: Quentin Wilson Publishing
Publication Date: 31-10-2019

Stella’s world is unravelling in this remarkable work of speculative fiction – reminiscent of Netflix satire Black Mirror and The Handmaid’s Tale – a new novel from writer and literary agent Chris Else. Climate change is ever-present in chilling, dystopian novel Waterline. Here, in a remote South Pacific nation, coastal settlements are being inundated and families uprooted; Artificial Intelligence controls most human endeavour; social media has run amok, and many have fled from reality to live online. Losing their uninsurable beachfront home to storm and high seas, wealthy nuclear family the Handsons have little choice but to move to Byte, a bleak, southern city run by computerised bureaucracy BORIS and a gang of religious vigilantes. Separated in the move, Brian ends up on the wrong side of the law and is incarcerated, leaving wife Stella and their two teenage children, Mandy and Luke, to fend for themselves. An offer of help from a group of outsiders, living off the land, promises redemption and hope, but at what cost? Waterline explores the choices our own and future generations might have to face in our increasingly complex society. It is a dramatic and portentous tale about the decisions we make now and how they might challenge all our values. Darkly humorous, laced with violence and corruption, it also examines the human capacity for change, responsibility, self-determination, and the search for meaning and love.

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