Intense & Entertaining SF Novel is a Dark Vision Balanced by Hope
An epic tale of technological determinism & sociological implications against the backdrop of a dystopian future that may be imminent for all of us
The Burning Years is a bedazzling science fiction novel telling the dire story of a near-future Earth that many of us have already begun to experience.
We live in a remarkable era when science fiction can present fantastic, extrapolated scenarios that yet — at the same time — give us a visceral feeling of our present-day reality.
Consider:
Billions of people have endured unbearable, sizzling-hot summers, massive hurricanes, flooding and unusually powerful tornadoes.
Along with that is a creeping erosion of economic lifestyles for the poor and middle class. There is a growing sense of social anxiety, an increasing intimation of communal dysphoria, loss of trust in government, regional hot wars, oceans encroaching on shorelines, flooding …
… and our hearts can only sink into a kind of helpless ennui as we witness the sixth mass extinction of plant and animal life in the many eons of our world’s history.
