“With our unsettling "new normal" of seemingly nonstop fires and floods, I find myself thinking all the time about Kate Risse's powerful novel -- a story that felt like fiction until recently, and now feels like a handbook for holding onto our humanity, as climate change transforms the landscape before our eyes.” —Chris Lynch, author of The Italian Party, Sally Brady’s Italian Adventure (St Martin’s Press)
“Kate Risse chronicles an ever-more-likely future in a gripping story that we need to hear. Her vivid characters and deft portrayal of life in the climate catastrophe that looms ahead will stay with you long after you’ve read the final pages.” —Katherine Stewart, author of The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism (Bloomsbury, 2020)
“A chilling meditation on the fragility – and the resilience – of the ties that bind us in the face of crisis.” —Amanda Hagood, professor in Environmental Humanities, Eckerd College, and Arts & Environment reporter for The Gabber.
“I turn to the car door and pause for a moment, looking beyond flooded fields and sinking pine forests, towards a coast that’s mutating rapidly. Is Dog Island still out there? I fear the worst and miss my family. But there’s only one path now, and it’s north.” — Inland
When water rises on the Eastern Seaboard, and coastal cities and towns flood, Juliet and her friend, Martin, flee Dog Island, on Florida’s Panhandle, and drive north, toward New England, searching for their families. They face relentless challenges as they encounter individuals and communities racing to adapt to the rising sea. When smartphones malfunction, Juliet plays a confounding game of phone tag with her 16-year-old son, Billy, stuck in the family’s sinking house in Boston. Tormented by the gnawing uncertainty of his family’s fate, Billy loses himself in a hazy mix of reality and dreams until he is joined by Martin's daughters, Lana and Agnes, who have abandoned their collapsing house. As nature rages on, Billy, Lana and Agnes collaborate, bicker, and share secrets. But when Billy’s home slides into the currents, the three friends are forced on a precarious journey to seek higher ground. With each turn of the page, Inland dives into the intricate weave of human relationships and the influence of technology. Ultimately, it is a story of family separation, survival and resilience in a warming world.
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