The Levee. It was an artificial slope that rose up from the outskirts of town, a looming, man-made berm that went on for kilometers from north to south, an ancient monument that was part of the landscape of the town, part of its daily life, part of its collective memory. It was still called the levee, even though a century had passed since it had actually functioned as such . . .
After global warming, after droughts and famine and wars and strife, humanity has settled down at the bottom of the sea. Only there is no sea. But there is life, such as it is, in a world caught somewhere between utopia and dystopia, between the haves and the have-nots, and between those who make the right decisions and those who do not. For Darren Dwyer, this complexity becomes underscored when he encounters Lori, a former high school classmate. Old feelings are rekindled, as well as old resentments.
The tinny clinks of her bracelet had shattered the stillness of the night that they had spent together out on the wasteland beyond the grounds of her estate. There had been a party, which Darren hardly remembered, and he and Lori had slipped out together to go ‘exploring’. But they had explored far more than the barren land. They had stumbled upon an immense, flat boulder still warm from the day’s heat, and had climbed atop. Huffing and puffing, a little scratched and bruised, the two of them had lain down together to catch their breaths. There, on their own private mesa, they had spent the night plotting the course of human events, marveling at the stars, and discussing the wonders of the universe. And in a moment of mutual inspiration, they had shared water…
Reminded again that Lori is ‘out of his league,’ Darren becomes determine to break out of his work-a-day existence and to shake free from the social mores that kept the two of them apart. The hero gets the girl, right? Now, if Darren could only figure out how to be a hero . . . his search leads him to discover more about himself and his world.
Darren suddenly felt very small. He was surrounded by powerful forces — the world was closing in upon him, forcing his every move. He was helpless to control things. He could only move, step-by-step, toward his destiny.
The Levee, Damon Norko’s off-beat tale of romance and rebellion, is equal parts humor, pathos, irony and social awareness that will appeal to anyone who has considered the future of our world and our role in it. It is a must-read for the generation who is coming of age at this critical time in our history.
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