In 1514 Hungary, peasants who rose up against the nobility rise again – from the grave. In 1633 Al-Shouf, a mother keeps demons at bay with the combined power of grief and music. In 1775 Paris, as social tensions come to a boil, a courtesan tries to sav
Water rations are down to one gallon per person per day... the mayor is proposing digging a trench to the Pacific Ocean... dried out West Coast cities are crumbling and being abandoned by the east... and in Portland, Oregon, water is declared a communal r
"Couch hits on an improbable, even fantastic premise, and then rigorously hews to the logic that it generates, keeping it afloat (at times literally) to the end."—Los Angeles Times"Delightfully lighthearted writing. . . . Occasionally laugh-out-loud fun
