LVDL's monthly book discussion that meets on the second Saturday of each month. Copies of the book, The Water Knife, are available at the Circulation Desk. This discussion will be in-person.
This month’s title is The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi.
The American Southwest has been decimated by drought. Nevada and Arizona skirmish over dwindling shares of the Colorado River, while California watches, deciding if it should just take the whole river for itself. Into the fray steps Las Vegas water knife Angel Velasquez. Detective, assassin, and spy, Angel 'cuts' water for the Southern Nevada Water Authority and its boss, Catherine Case. When rumors of a game-changing water source surface in Phoenix, Angel is sent to investigate. There, Angel encounters journalist Lucy Monroe, who knows far more about Phoenix's water secrets than she admits, and Texas migrant Maria Villarosa, who dreams of escaping north to those places where water still falls from the sky. As bodies begin to pile up and bullets start flying, the three find themselves pawns in a game far bigger, more corrupt, and dirtier than any of them could have imagined.
Copies of the print book will be available at the Circulation Desk.
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