The Water Knife: A Novel

"Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Water Knife imagines a near-future in which the Southwestern U.S. has balkanized over water rights. The rich live in posh high-rise terrariums while the poor suffer in the dust below, and states and corporations are at war (real war — with guns) over water and centuries-old paperwork giving them rights to the flow. For Bacigalupi, it’s all too easy to picture — I mean, his book even predicted Tesla’s bioweapon defense mode. It’s a must-read for science-fiction geeks, eco-freaks and everyone who loves a great page-turner."