Just finished The Deluge by Stephen Markley.

It is frighteningly realistic and full of interesting ideas and quotes, but ultimately ...

A collection of mostly obnoxious characters, one of whom the author is clearly enamoured with.

A failed attempt to convey the idea that we need a person larger than life to save us all (and an equally failed attempt to portray such a character).

Several story lines that are not adequately developed while others are described in so much detail they become boring.

A clear bias towards everything and anything outside US borders combined with a severe case of American exceptionalism. The idea that the US will save the planet and create social harmony all over the world is simply ludicrous, even with a lot of suspended disbelief.

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Debut cli-fi technothriller now available: WhiteGrass.

2048. The Marshall family — storm-shattered but determined — becomes the first test case for Icarus, a carbon-sequestering nanotech designed to reduce atmospheric CO2. It works exactly as intended. The question is whether we’re ready to trust it — and each other.

Written for readers who take the science seriously — and the human cost even more so.

whitegrassnovel.com

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The Wetworks Miracle is available for download on Netgalley! Fans of weird horror, dark fantasy, portal fiction, biopunk, and religious esoterica will want to check out new horror from a new Latino author. Grab the novella here: https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/820338. The Miracle manifests July 30 2026.

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One year anniversary of self-publishing "A New Faith" - some obligatory promotion starting with the context -

#Canada #Norway and #China have a bit of a problem. Could include #US #Russia in the list (but well... y'know!). There is a potential solution for that problem.

Canada/Norway depend a LOT on exporting #oil while China exports a lot of everything - e.g. #solar #batteries #EV

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Renan Bernardo gifted these lovely words about T. K. Rex's THE WILDCRAFT DRONES. "Wealthy people seem to be reading dystopias as rulebooks ... Instead, I'd say for people to read The Wildcraft Drones as a rulebook of how to live in community and find a healthy path to our future." Thanks, Renan!

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