Sometimes, a story in which people are caught in a catastrophic nature-based calamity is meant simply to entertain.
But sometimes those stories are meant to be cautionary tales with (hopefully) preventative messages. Which is where we find Kate Risse’s new climate fiction novel Inland (paperback, Kindle, audiobook).
In the following email interview about it, Risse not only discusses what inspired and influenced this story, but also why she set it when she did.