In a drought-stricken, post-apocalyptic world where two powerful water families rule, the son of the Cambodian water mogul abandons his AI dating empire to launch a bold environmental venture—only to be blamed for unleashing a rainstorm that spawns a dangerous new rival.
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Writing Notes
The future of AI
While writing The Water Carriers, I constantly tried to imagine how AI would work in the future. I decided this experience would be highly personal and everpresent. It wouldn’t be a tool you ask questions, like today. It would be more like a companion always there to help you get ...
It’s dystopian
Nothing says joy to me like a good dystopian novel. Well, maybe not joy, but they are fascinating—a dark future where the oppressed fight against tyranny. The first book I wrote, The Water Carriers, was meant to be dystopian, but as the plot developed, I realized I had the wrong ...
Pauper to Prince
Pierce Brown’s “Red Rising” is a dystopian novel set on Mars. A rigid color-based caste system divides society, and the protagonist, Darrow, is a Red. The Reds are the bottom caste suffering a harsh life below the earth’s surface, terraforming the planet in preparation for the other colors to join ...