Set in the year 2124, this narrative follows a band of Canadian civilian insurgents known as the Two-Four. One hundred years after a catastrophic missile strike destroyed the White House, the United States military invades Canada to seize its fresh water supplies. The story centers on Amber, a young woman orphaned during the initial bombardment, who joins the resistance in the snowy wilderness of the Northwest Territories. These outnumbered partisans use guerrilla tactics to destroy massive American mechanical walkers and high-tech drones patrolling the occupied northern frontier.
This book is intended for readers of speculative political fiction and military science fiction. It attracts those interested in asymmetrical warfare, the ethics of resource scarcity, and the inversion of historical geopolitical roles. Readers finish the work with a visceral perspective on the trauma of foreign occupation and the logistics of modern insurgency. It offers a bleak projection of climate-driven conflict, forcing an examination of how neighbors turn into enemies when environmental stability collapses and essential survival commodities become scarce.
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
