Paulo Bacigalupi
Another dystopian future dominated by climate change and genetic modifications. This entry is definitely in the Young Adult genre and is a bit softer than The Windup Girl, which I loved. Here we are set in the eastern seaboard of the U.S. The Chinese peacekeeping forces have pulled out, considering the former U.S. a lost cause. The resulting chaos is managed by warlords battling for control, utilizing child soldiers as their primary fighting force. Into this melange of chaos we meet Tool, a genetically modified fighting organism (part human, part dog, part hyena, part ...) and Mahlia, a young girl who lost a hand to the roving bands of fighters. When these two meet up, we are faced with humanity in the best sense as they make decisions based on other instead of self.
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