In the near future, the Colorado River has dwindled to a trickle. Detective, assassin, and spy, Angel Velasquez cuts water for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, ensuring that its lush arcology developments can bloom in Las Vegas.
When rumors of a game-changing water source surface in Phoenix, Angel is sent south, hunting for answers that seem to evaporate as the heat index soars and the landscape becomes more and more oppressive. There, he encounters Lucy Monroe, a hardened journalist with her own agenda, and Maria Villarosa, a young Texas migrant, who dreams of escaping north.
As bodies begin to pile up, the three find themselves pawns in a game far bigger and more corrupt than they could have imagined, and when water is more valuable than gold, alliances shift like sand, and the only truth in the desert is that someone will have to bleed if anyone hopes to drink.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Ivy Books
ISBN: 9780804171533
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 11/04/2016
Año de edición: 2016
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Paolo Bacigalupi
PAOLO BACIGALUPI (Paonia, Colorado, 1972) es autor de Cuchillo de agua y La chica mecánica, así como de la trilogía juvenil Ship Breaker, con la primera entrega de la cual fue finalista del National Book Award. Su trayectoria literaria ha sido galardonada con premios como el Hugo, el Nebula, el Theodore Sturgeon Memorial, el John W. Campbell Memorial y el Locus (que ha recibido en tres ocasiones).