The Cloud Seeders

Every once in a while I read a book I will never forget. James Zerndt's THE CLOUD SEEDERS, a post-apocalyptic saga set in a drought-plagued future, is one of those books. It's the story of three young people who stand up against a world determined to keep them down. The narrator, eighteen-year-old Thomas, is eking out a living as a "Water Cop," handing out "tickets" to people who dare to break the government's restrictive laws. His nine-year-old brother Dustin works with him as a "cadet," and he

A book about a massive drought in certainly a strange choice to read on a rainy day. But a good choice, this was a very enjoyable read, especially great from an unknown kindle find. Not just a drought, a near future dystopia of a thoroughly regulated, profoundly dehydrated world in which a young man, his girlfriend and his kid brother find their way across the devastated land and ultimately to the truth behind the situation. Sure toward the end it became a tad comically exaggerated as a paranoid

About The Book: This is the slogan of the Sustainability Unit and of a country gone eco-hysterical. After nearly twelve months without rain and the hinges of the world barely still oiled, Thomas and his younger brother, Dustin, set out across a drought-ridden landscape in search of answers. What they discover along the way will change their lives, and their country, forever.What I Thought: Thomas only wants whats best for for his little brother, Dustin. But that's kind of hard when it hasn't rai