Cascade: 1 (The Sleep of Reason) - Softcover

Rosen, Rachel A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1777094461 ISBN 13: 9781777094461

Publisher: Bumblepuppy Press, 2022

Synopsis

Cascade: Book I of The Sleep of Reason trilogy

120,000 words

"A near-perfect blend of implacable horror, gallows humor, and ecological apocalypse." - Peter Watts, author of Blindsight

What does magic want?

When Vasai Singh resurrected drowned Mumbai and raised it into the clouds, the world reacted with awe and wonder - and no small amount of fear. As with the climate crisis believed to have caused the Cascade, resurgent magic proved lucky for some, a disaster for many others, and a source of hope and dread for everyone else.

A generation has passed since the Cascade transformed the world, smashing the tectonic plates of the political landscape and infesting the wilderness with demons and shriekgrass.

In Ottawa, a scandal-plagued government clings to power, kept afloat by the manipulations of its precognitive political rainman, Ian Mallory. But when his predictions signal only catastrophe ahead, the magic-loathing photojournalist Tobias Fletcher, land rights activist Jonah Augustine, his ex-wife, climate scientist Blythe Augustine, and emoji-spell wielding intern Sujay Krishnamurthy must overcome ideology and bureaucracy to save a future from a present whose agenda spells only doom.

Set in a terrifying but all-too believable near future and leavened with a dry wit, Cascade features a cast of fully-realized characters drawn into conflict with each other as they each strive to do the right thing.

But who can know what the right thing is, when every choice leads to disaster?

About this title

About the Author

Rachel A. Rosen is an activist, graphic designer, and for her sins, a high school teacher. In a previous life, she published two long-running anarchist 'zines and designed the uniform for the Christie Pits Hardball League.She has written for Atlas Obscura, The Humanist In Canada, Culture and the State, and Exit Device. In her non-existent spare time, she designs book covers.She lives in Toronto, where she is the harried personal assistant to two cats. Cascade, is her first novel. Visit her website at www.RachelRosen.ca.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bumblepuppy Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1777094461
• ISBN 13: 9781777094461
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 418