Shortlisted for the INTERNATIONAL RUBERY BOOK AWARD
RAINWALKERS is a story set in the not-so-distant future in a crumbling version of John Steinbeck’s Salinas Valley, after the breakup of the United States. A once rich and prosperous agricultural land is now a war-torn nation-state known only as The Valley. To combat chronic droughts, scientists seed clouds with genetically engineered bacteria that create regular rains but unintentionally make the rains lethal to humans. Anyone caught in the rain dies within seconds, yet there are rumors of people who survive… known as rainwalkers.
Rainwalkers is an unforgettable story of a father’s undying love and his struggle to rescue his daughter in a precarious future world that could become our own.
Written by Matt Ritter
Paperback—256 pages, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780999896020
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"A terrific novel of climate change and genetic engineering; a first-rate cautionary read set against the backdrop of an all-too-probable future."
— Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-Winning Author of Hominids
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MONTAIGNE MEDAL FINALIST—MOST THOUGHT-PROVOKING BOOK
B.R.A.G. MEDALLION AWARD-WINNER
HALO AROUND THE MOON follows LAPD detective Jack Bratton and UCLA professor Marcus Melter as they solve the murder of a man gruesomely killed in Beverly Hills. Steering away from the standard mystery or police procedural, HALO is a genre-defying, generational story about the intertwined histories of these two men and the criminals they pursue. Chance encounters reveal family secrets while the story simultaneously follows their ancestors’ perilous journeys to California. A tangled web of coincidental past and present events set against the current-day danger faced while cracking the case.
Written by Matt Ritter
Publication Date: November 1, 2022
Hardcover—248 pages, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780999896051
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“Crisp descriptions...touches of melancholy, hope, and foreboding...Halo around the Moon is a dark mystery novel that focuses on the strange, unpredictable ways in which events and people are connected.”
—Foreword Reviews
“Ritter’s taut murder mystery doubles as a smart, engaging story.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Steeped in atmosphere and absorbing description from the start…Halo around the Moon is a powerful story which has the uncommon ability to reach out to mystery, historical, and scientific literary readers alike.”
—Midwest Book Review
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