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Stephen Markley: The Deluge (2023, Simon & Schuster) 5 stars

In the first decades of the 21st century, the world is convulsing, its governments mired …

A truly terrifying but not-impossible dystopia

5 stars

A US-centric view of the coming two decades as the climate and social cohesion rapidly break down. Amplifies the worst of current political & economic trends to create a truly terrifying but not-impossible dystopia. Told from a rich variety of perspectives, though compresses the pace of climate change improbably (I hope!). Intense, scary & draining.