The Water Carriers

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>BookFest first place award </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>for</span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Dystopian </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and</span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Climate-fiction</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Literary Titan Gold Book Award </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>for</span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Fiction</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When two oligarchs control all the water in the world how far will they go to stay in power?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Seventeen years without rain have shifted the global balance of power. First-world nations are crumbling while the Ivory Coast and Cambodia dominate the world stage by shipping water in massive retrofitted oil tankers.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Kasemchai heir to Cambodia's water empire lives fast and is more interested in AI and supercars until he meets Liv a brilliant Dutch engineer designing solar-powered tankers that could disrupt the industry-and the world.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As he's pulled deeper into a high-stakes power struggle Kasemchai is pitted against Angélique a cunning rival who weaponizes faith and fear to cement her family's grip on power. To stand against her Kasemchai must risk everything: his fortune his ideals and possibly his life.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>With </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>vivid world-building and razor-sharp social commentary</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Water Carriers</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>dizzying dazzling depiction of a thirsty Earth</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>BlueInk Review</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>). Fans of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Windup Girl</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Power</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> will be captivated by this gripping character-driven vision of a future where water is power-and those who control it will do anything to keep it.</span></p>