Watershed
-
- 10,99 €
-
- 10,99 €
Publisher Description
Savage and apocalyptic, this is the new world.
Devoid of rain, the earth has shrunk to dust and salt, hemmed by a swollen sea. Survivors gather to re-establish order but it’s nothing like before.
It is Jeremiah’s world.
Commanded by the cruel Garrick, Jem is a Watchman and hunter of Disses: rebels who dare to challenge the Tower and its ruling Council. Loner by design and killer by nature, he’s unapologetically part of a cruel regime until a new assignment exposes a web of deceit, and past sins demand their reckoning. When a young boy elicits his sympathy, and an enigmatic woman his interest, Jem is made to question everything he believes before undertaking one last terrifying mission. Now he must do unto others if he's to take care of his own.
In this dark and compelling first novel from a stunning new voice in fiction, it is impossible to know who is friend or foe, hero or villain.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The imagined future in Jane Abbott’s excellent first novel isn’t pretty or for the faint of heart. The world of Watershed is a bleak, dusty place, where residents are allotted a weekly allowance of water depending on their position in society and a team of brutal assassins eliminates anyone who dares go up against the ruling class. We were completely riveted by this suspenseful dystopian tale, which raises distressing questions about environmental degradation and totalitarian attitudes towards women and outsiders.