Water Knife, the science fiction thriller by Paolo Bacigalupi, and this year’s Green ER Reads selection, is frighteningly current in its assessment of what the future holds in the fight over access to clean water and the consequences of such a battle.
Surprisingly prescient in his handling of the critical issues surrounding looming water shortages in the Southwestern United States, Bacigalupi weaves a thrilling story of diverse characters as he addresses how private citizens, corporations, and the political system at the state and federal levels attempt to access, protect, divert, and control the precious resource of fresh water.