The book includes a lot of history, economics, finance and science, which weaves through the text, but this is actually character driven. Everybody has their own busy life, but their activities start to overlap as they fend off a hostile takeover of their building, find lost treasure for financing and come up with a workable scheme to remake the world. This includes coders Mutt and Jeff, market trader Franklin, cloud star Amelia, building manager Vlade, police inspector Gen, Householders Union rep Charlotte and two kids who live under the docks, Stefan and Roberto. First, there is a broad cast of main characters, all of whom live in the Met. Can they take advantage of the disaster to establish a new world order? Hurricane Fyodor appears on their horizon, certain to leave destruction in its wake. The intertidal economy has been stable for some time, but it’s becoming obvious to residents of the Met Tower that the structures not grounded on bedrock will eventually fall-they need a better housing solution.
However, people still live and work there, assisted by new waterproofing technologies to keep basements dry, plus sky bridges and boat docks to assist in getting around. The lower end of Manhattan is now intertidal, flooded by two major pulses of sea-level rise. It’s science fiction, is published by Orbit and runs 613 pages. This novel is a finalist for the 2018 Hugo Award.
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