The Water Carriers

A dystopian book cover featuring a lone figure walking on cracked, barren ground toward a hazy city skyline. The sky above transitions from a golden hue near the horizon to a deep blue, with water droplets streaming down, as if viewed through a rain-covered glass. The title, The Water Carriers, appears in bold, dark letters, slightly distorted as if melting or dripping. The author’s name, Gregory Greunke, is displayed at the bottom. The cover conveys a theme of climate change, survival, or a post-apocalyptic struggle for water.

The Water Carriers

Authors & Illustrator

Author:

Gregory
Greunke
First Place Book Award

First Place Award

Fiction - Dystopian - Climate Change

Description

In the near future, the balance of power shifts dramatically when all the world’s water falls in only two locations, leaving Cambodia and the Ivory Coast as unexpected water-rich havens. Kasemchai, the heir to Cambodia’s water family, recklessly transitions from the business of AI dating to an audacious plan to end fuel-powered tanker ships, a move complicated by his clandestine relationship with the daughter of the African water family and his partnership with a brilliant yet initially unassuming engineer. When rain suddenly appears in Brazil, due to the success of the battery-powered ships, Kasemchai faces the shifting loyalties of his family, partners, and hidden enemies. A third water nation is rising—and it could destroy his family’s empire.