Vividwater

In a future
world, supplies of drinkable water are depleted, except for a few hydrospheres.
A huge gulf grows between the water-rich few with watercards and water-poor
scavvos.



Alex is a
mnemopath, a memory machine for a senior manager in water export trading,
feeding facts into her boss’s earpiece and eavesdropping. Her job isn’t noble,
but she needed the water allowance.



When an old
boyfriend, Lawrence, returns, working for the main Chinese water company, Alex
dreams of escape. But Lawrence exposes his company’s marketing fraud and is
disappeared back to China.



Alex is
ousted from her company, on the grounds of fraternising with the company
Lawrence worked for. Her watercard turned off, Alex finds a way to fight back.
Her bosses underestimate her, but as a human memory machine, she knows enough
to blackmail them.



Now she
just has to get to China to find Lawrence.

Format: Paperback
Pages: 260
Imprint: Small New Zealand Publisher
Publication date: 02/04/2025