The Drowned Cities

Name: The Drowned Cities
Author: Paolo Bacigalupi

by Paolo Bacigalupi

War and survival in a climate-ravaged world where children become soldiers

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Paolo Bacigalupi

Paolo Bacigalupi is an American science fiction author known for his bleakly prescient climate fiction. The Windup Girl won the Hugo and Nebula Awards and depicts a climate-ravaged future Southeast Asia with extraordinary detail. The Water Knife is equally compelling as a near-future thriller about water wars in the American Southwest.

More by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Windup GirlBiopunk thriller set in a flooded Bangkok where nature and commerce collide
The Water KnifeWater wars rage in the American Southwest where corporations control survival
Ship BreakerSalvage work in a resource-scarce future forces an orphaned teen toward dangerous truths
Pump Six and Other StoriesShort stories exploring near-future worlds of genetic engineering and climate collapse