Book & Author Details:
Waterfall by Amber Garr
(The Water Crisis Chonicles, #1)
Publication date: June 2015
Genres: Dystopia, New Adult
(The Water Crisis Chonicles, #1)
Publication date: June 2015
Genres: Dystopia, New Adult
Synopsis:
The water is gone. The wars have begun.
Clean water is a luxury most can no longer afford. Climate change, industrial sabotage, and greed have turned country against country as each one tries to provide for its citizens. Terrorist groups target desalinization plants and frustrated governments hunt those who work against them. Rationing, sequestering, and patrolling have become routine at a time when there are too many people and not enough resources.
While the world around them disintegrates into chaos, Zach and Vivienne hope that their life in a government-run complex will retain some semblance of normalcy. But when attacks on their water supplies bring war to their sheltered community, they must accept their new fate. Stay and fight or flee and endure—it’s a difficult decision with lasting consequences.
Will they choose what’s safe? Or will they choose to survive?
Clean water is a luxury most can no longer afford. Climate change, industrial sabotage, and greed have turned country against country as each one tries to provide for its citizens. Terrorist groups target desalinization plants and frustrated governments hunt those who work against them. Rationing, sequestering, and patrolling have become routine at a time when there are too many people and not enough resources.
While the world around them disintegrates into chaos, Zach and Vivienne hope that their life in a government-run complex will retain some semblance of normalcy. But when attacks on their water supplies bring war to their sheltered community, they must accept their new fate. Stay and fight or flee and endure—it’s a difficult decision with lasting consequences.
Will they choose what’s safe? Or will they choose to survive?
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Waterfall – Excerpt One
I swear someone broke into my house and stole one of every shoe I owned.
It was probably that National Guard asshole who gives me dirty looks every time
I leave our compound. Yeah, I bet it was him. Despite the world crashing down
around us, he still made time to be a dick.
“Mom!
Where’d you put my cleats?” Reaching under the bed, I pulled out a crusty piece
of pizza, several pairs of boxers, and a giant ball of gray fuzz. But not the
other shoe I needed for football practice this afternoon. “Mom!”
“Stop
yelling,” she said calmly from my doorway. “You know, if you’d clean your room
every once in a while, it wouldn’t look like a nuclear bomb exploded in here
and you just might be able to find something.”
Still
crawling around on the floor, I tossed the mix of clean and dirty clothes to
the side as I continued to search for my shoe. “Did you put them somewhere?”
“Why
would I take your shoes?”
I
looked up at her and shook my head. Blonde hair pulled up into a bun, arms
crossed, and her body leaning gently against the door frame, my mom had no
intention of helping me. In fact, she was trying not to smile.
“Because
you enjoy tormenting me?” I mumbled.
“I
don’t enjoy tormenting you, Zachary.”
Rolling
my eyes at the use of my full name, I stood and grabbed my bag off the bed.
“Well, I guess I’ll just go to practice barefoot.”
“Did
you check your closet?” my mom asked with a raised eyebrow.
“Of
course I did!”
“Really?”
She
jerked her chin in that direction and I followed her gaze. There, resting up
against the white slated door, sat my football cleat. “Did you just put that
there?”
My
mom laughed. “Yes, I have the power of telekinesis and I use it specifically to
torture you.”
AUTHOR BIO:
Amber Garr spends her days as a scientist and nights writing about other worlds. Her childhood imaginary friend was a witch, Halloween is sacred, and she is certain that she has a supernatural sense of smell. Amber is a multiple Royal Palm Literary Award winner, author of the bestselling novels The Syrenka Series, the award-winning Water Crisis Chronicles, The Leila Marx Novels, and the Death Warden Series. When not obsessing over the unknown, she can be found dancing, reading, or enjoying a good movie. Find out more at www.ambergarr.com.
Author links:
The Story Behind The
Water Crisis Chronicles
As you probably already know, I’ve worked as a scientist in
my other life. Over the years, my research has often focused on the
conservation and restoration of aquatic species. And a lot of that time, their issues
have stemmed from contaminated water or excess pollution in the environment.
For several years, I’ve wanted to write a book about what would happen to the
world when humans began fighting over drinking water. And I say began, but really, it has already begun. Do you know you have to purchase
water rights in some states out west when you buy property?
Have you ever experienced water restrictions in your
neighborhood? Or did you know that several countries are already considered water-stressed?
It’s happening, and just to show you how scary it is, here are some facts to
consider:
1)
1 billion
people currently don’t have access to clean drinking water.
2)
3.4
million people die from water related diseases each year.
3)
By 2025,
two-thirds of the world’s population will live in a water-stressed county.
4)
An American taking a 5 minute shower uses more water than the average person living in a
developing country uses in an entire day.
5)
Over 260 river basins are shared by two or more
countries without adequate legal or
institutional arrangements regarding water utilization.
6)
By 2020, California will face a water shortage as great as the amount
they consume today.
Worried yet? I know I am. So anyway…back to Waterfall. What will happen when the water disappears?
How will society react? What unique science may evolve out of this type of tragedy?
All questions I’ve asked myself for years and then had a chance to answer (or
hint at) in this series.
I also wanted to highlight the idea of friendship and
romance rising up out of the chaos. At a time when the survivors have to fight
for every second of their life, I thought it would be nice for them to find
some type of comfort in their closest friends. No time for love triangles or
petty games when you’re being hunted!
So as you read this series and start thinking more about the
water shortages (as I did!), check out these sites to see what little things
you can do so that some day we aren’t deserters running for our lives!
