<div><div><p>It’s the year 2039, and Lake Michigan is mysteriously emptied of</p> <p>water. The planet’s atmosphere and magnetic field are failing, and</p> <p>fires burn ominously throughout the empty lake bed. In this seemingly</p> <p>endless desert east of Chicago, three factions are locked in conflict:</p> <p>the original end-of-times cultist settlers who follow religious visionary</p> <p>Fulcrum Maneuvers and worship a giant World Worm they deem</p> <p>responsible for the drained lake; the megacorporation Quadrilateral,</p> <p>a mega-consumerist, planned-community combine of bourgeois city</p> <p>planners developing what is now called the Wildland-Urban Interface;</p> <p>and the Blackout Angels, landlocked punk pirates raised in Quadrilateral</p> <p>cities, who oppose everything and everyone. In Davis Schneiderman’s</p> <p>shocking novel, Drain, freedom, creativity, and transgression wage</p> <p>war with forces of control, censorship, and conformity.</p> <p> </P> <p>The wordscapes of William S. Burroughs and Thomas Pynchon, the</p> <p>dystopic nightmares of Philip K. Dick, and the transgressive punch of</p> <p>Chuck Palahniuk and Georges Bataille together convene in this stunning</p> <p>and thrilling work.</p></DIV></DIV>