A mother and son. An America underwater. Three hundred miles between them.
When catastrophic flooding reshapes the eastern seaboard overnight, Juliet finds herself stranded in the Florida Panhandle with no way north and no way to reach Billy, her teenage son outside Boston. Infrastructure is failing. Communication is unreliable. And the country between them is no longer the one either of them knew.
Juliet pushes north through a drowned landscape, mile by difficult mile. Billy navigates suburban Boston’s unraveling alone, where technology is both a lifeline and a liability. What holds them both forward is the same thing: the certainty that the other is out there, moving.
For readers of Station Eleven, Leave the World Behind, and The Road.
Kate Risse
Softcover: 978-1-961905-07-8 | $14.95
Audiobook: 978-1-961905-29-0 | $19.95
E-book: 978-1-961905-06-1 | $8.99
June 2024 | 360 pages
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In the media
a_limitless_reader – book review – June 11, 2024
Reader’s Entertainment by Jocie McKade – book review – June 15, 2024
Shubham Lakhina’s Reviews – book review – July 3, 2024
The Writer’s Podcast – guest appearance – July 8, 2024
Grady’s Reviews – book review – August 1, 2024
Shubham Lakhina’s Reviews – book review – July 3, 2024
The Wise Ones – guest appearance – August 1, 2024
paulsemel.com – guest appearance – August 1, 2024
Writer’s Bone – guest appearance – August 9, 2024
Writers after Dark – article “Cli-Fi: A Twilight Genre” – August 15, 2024
What I’m Reading by Randi-Lee Bowslaugh – book review – August 27, 2024
books_of_prisha – book review – August 30, 2024
The Justice, Brandeis University’s independent student newspaper – Mirabell Rowland – interview – October 22, 2024
Coffee Shop Writing – panelist – October 27, 2024
Climate Fiction Writers League – article “Hurricanes and Floods in Islands: Two Authors Talk about the Aftermath of Disasters” – June 3, 2025
“A chilling meditation on the fragility—and the resilience—of the ties that bind us in the face of crisis.”
—Amanda Hagood, professor of environmental humanities and reporter for The Gabber
“With our unsettling new normal of seemingly nonstop fires and floods, I find myself thinking all the time about Kate Risse’s powerful novel—a story that felt like fiction until recently, and now feels like a handbook for holding onto our humanity as climate change transforms the landscape before our eyes.”
—Chris Lynch, author of The Italian Party
“Inland is a timely and poignant novel that resonates deeply with the challenges of our modern world. Risse’s masterful storytelling and keen insight make it a must-read for anyone seeking a gripping tale of survival, resilience, and the unbreakable bonds of family in the face of adversity.”
—a_limitless_reader
“Beautifully written story with a vivid sense of place that will connect readers with nature and make the environmental crisis real and personal. Engaging characters and human warmth demonstrate that individuals can be part of creating solutions to the threats we all face. Accessible, readable adventure with a true green heart.”
—Nicola Davies, award-winning children’s book author
“Kate Risse chronicles an ever-more-likely future in a gripping story that we need to hear. Her vivid characters and deft portrayal of life in the climate catastrophe that looms ahead will stay with you long after you’ve read the final pages.“
—Katherine Stewart, author of The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism