<P><B>The Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning novel of climate change in the not-too-distant future</B></P><P>Francis Conway is Swill—one of the 90 percent in the year 2041 who must subsist on the inadequate charities of the state. A young boy growing, Francis finds life is rapidly becoming impossible as government corruption, official blindness, and nature have conspired to turn Swill homes into watery tombs. Now he must find a way to escape the approaching tide of disaster. Comparable to J.G. Ballard's <I>The Drowned World</I>, George Turner's masterful exploration of the effects of climate change was also shortlisted for the Nebula Award.