Failed State
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A PhilipK. Dick Award Nominee
"The novel is as tense and thrilling as any of Brown's work, and as full of rage and hope. It's a novel that truly reckons with the enormity of both our climate emergency and the system that produced it - a tale of human imperfection and redemption." -- Cory Doctorow, bestselling author of Walkaway
In thissecond dystopian legal thriller from the author of the acclaimed Rule ofCapture and Tropicof Kansas, lawyer Donny Kimoe juggles twointertwined cases whose outcomes will determine the course of America'sfuture--and his own.
Inthe aftermath of a second American revolution, peace rests on a fragile truce. Theold regime has been deposed, but the ex-president has vanished, escapingjustice for his crimes. Some believe he is dead. Others fear he is in hiding, gathering forces. As the factions in Washington work to restore order, DonnyKimoe is in court to settle old scores--and pay his own debts come due.
Meanwhile, the rebels Donny once defended are exacting their own kind of justice. In theruins of New Orleans, they are building a green utopia--and kidnapping theirdefeated adversaries to pay for it. The newest hostage is the young heiress toa fortune made from plundering the country--and the daughter of one of Donny's oldestfriends. In a desperate gambit to save his own skin, Donny switches sides todefend her before the show trial. If he fails, so will the truce, dragging thecountry back into violence. But by taking the case, he risks his last chance toexpose the atrocities of the dictatorship--and being tried for his own crimesagainst the revolution.
To save the future, Donny has to gamble his own. Theonly way out is to find the evidence that will get both sides back to the table, and secure a more lasting peace. To do that, Donny must betray his clients'secrets. Including one explosive secret hidden in the ruins, the discovery ofwhich could extinguish the last hope for a better tomorrow--or, if Donny playsit right, keep it burning.
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