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In a vastly overpopulated near-future world, businesses have taken the place of governments and now hold all political power. States exist merely to ensure the survival of huge transnational corporations. Advertising has become hugely aggressive and boasts some of the world’s most powerful executives. Through advertising, the public is constantly deluded into thinking that all the products on the market improve the quality of life.

A catastrophic flood devastates a quiet town, testing the courage, morality, and resilience of its residents. A Town is Drowning is a gripping and deeply human story of survival and community in the face of natural disaster. As the waters rise, greed clashes with selflessness, ambition meets sacrifice, and the true character of the town is revealed. Written in the 1950s but eerily relevant today, this novel offers a vivid and powerful exploration of how disaster reshapes lives.

Search the Sky is a satirical science fiction novel set in the far future, at a time when humanity has long since colonized the stars. It begins on a planet called Halsey's, which is in a state of decline. When a Longliner generation ship arrives, having failed to make contact with at least six other colonised planets, Ross (the main protagonist in the story) is sent to investigate what is going on at the other colonies. He is given access to a faster than light spacecraft that can make each journey almost instantly.

It was very simple. Some combination of low temperature and high pressure had forced something from the seepage at the ocean bottom into combination with something in the water around them. And the impregnable armor around Subatlantic Oil's drilling chamber had discovered a weakness.