As Mark Twain put it, "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting over."
My new novel dramatizes a water war, and it looks like this:
This is what the back cover says:
"When a slacker biologist accidentally discovers water in the arid borderland between present-day Texas and New Mexico, a violent clash over water rights erupts. The merciless invasion by Texas ignites a desperate New Mexican insurgency, which rages throughout the mountains, cities and deserts of 'New Texas.'
Ripped from today's headlines, To The Last Drop dramatizes an impending global crisis. The novel is narrated by a tragic-comic cast whose stories illuminate the development of the Southwest, the relationship between occupation and terrorism, and our unquenchable thirst for water."
To The Last Drop will be published in April of 2008. I hope to come to a bookstore near YOU and forcibly compel you to accept my signature on your copy.
Please visit my website, Tothelastdrop.com. You can learn more about the novel and download Part One for free.
And sports are involved in the book a wee little bit, so it is relevant to this website after all.
10 comments:
Andrew, as a writer, how did you get in the head of a "slacker"?
That must have been very difficult for you.
Oh, yeah. SNAP!
Doing any book tours?
Yeah, on my book tour I'm going to go to Big BM's house and smack him around for that comment.
Actually, I will rock a small book tour. Mostly concentrating in New Mexico and Colorado, but I definitely want to get up to the Twin Cities.
Even though you guys have 10,000 lakes, water is still an important issue. No, really.
You're right, water is an issue here. There are lots of ethanol plants around here (and more being built) that use water at a ridiculous rate and there is concern about the depletion of the Jordan aquifer, which is where a big chunk of Minnesota gets their water.
Corn for fuel is the stupid. For each joule of energy you make in the form of Ethanol you consume 1.1 to 1.3 joules of fossel fuels. Basically, you loose energy and double your carbon footprint. It's a big scam.
Mr. Wice - I live in Boulder, CO - so if your coming here let me know. I plan on bringing my children to any readings you may have in the area and telling them it's good to sing "Bridge over troubled water" while you read.
I will (almost) definitely be reading in Boulder. That's where my publisher is located, as a matter of fact.
If your children are there, it may be more appropriate for me to read James and the Giant Peach instead.
It'll be big fun!
Your kids like tequila, right? Heavy drinking will help everyone enjoy my life's work.
What's this about tequila? Will there be tequila at your reading in the MSP? Not that I need a liquor incentive to attend or anything.
But still. It is tequila.
You bet your ass there will be tequila. Before, during (I have a flask) and after.
And then we can all share tattoos and taboos.
I heart flasks. I'll bring mine, too.
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