The Straw That Broke

In Greg Zeiglers environmental thriller The Straw That Broke Lyndall Burke a vulnerable young scientist and free spirit gets caught up in a battle between ecoterrorists and corrupt public officials over water in the drought-stricken desert Southwest. Lyndalls disappearance leads police officer Susan Brand and private investigator Jake Goddard to rush to her aid but abduction deceit and murder could lead to a cataclysmic ending jeopardizing the entire region. In a parched and frightening future in which two-thirds of the worlds population is expected to be living under severe water shortages The Straw That Broke is a modern allegory shedding light on the desperate clashes over precious water and on our imperiled future.