Michael Farris Smith looks to the not-too-distant-future in his novel Rivers (Simon & Schuster), about a future in which weather patterns have become more violent and hurricanes like Katrina batter the coast faster than the population can rebuild, causing the federal government to declare the coast a wasteland.Read about another book on the list.
The Page 69 Test: Rivers.
Writers Read: Michael Farris Smith.
--Marshal Zeringue