The Flood

Flight Behavior: A Novel

Author: Maggie Gee

President Bliss is handling a tricky situation with customary brio, but after months of ceaseless rain the city is sinking under the floods. The rich are safe on high ground, but the poor are getting damper in their packed tower blocks, and the fanatical ‘Last Days’ sect is recruiting thousands.When at last the sun breaks through the clouds Lottie heads off to the opera, h….Read More

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