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You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. However, betrayal soon follows, as each individual has their own uses for the document, and it becomes a question of who they can trust. She is inadvertently linked to Velasquez when she obtains a copy of the senior water rights that he is looking for.Īlong their journey, they encounter Lucy Monroe, an award-winning journalist, who is being tortured by rivals seeking to locate the senior water rights. The story then diverts to the viewpoint of Maria Villarosa, a Texas refugee, who has gotten involved with a bad crowd after failing to make her rent payments. He is sent on a job by his boss, Catherine Case, the “Queen of the Colorado,” to destroy Arizona’s water supply so that her own water supply company can prosper. The story follows protagonist, Angel Velasquez, a “water knife”, whose job is to tamper with the water supply of other competitors. The book is set in a dystopian world where climate change has led to a decline in the access to clean water. Written by Sonalsree Kumar and other people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.

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The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi