We, The Drowning (Paperback or Softback)

ARE YOU PARCHED OR FLOODED?

In a world divided between drought and drowning, one young man must decide what it truly means to live—and what humanity owes the Earth that sustains it.

Cole has spent his entire life among the Parched, a desert community clinging to survival in a world slowly being swallowed by water. The Parched conserve every drop, mend what can be saved, and believe humanity’s only hope is resisting extinction.

Then a girl washes ashore... alive.

She belongs to the Flooded, a religious movement where members—who believe humanity must drown to give the planet a second chance—sacrifice themselves to the sea. For some unknown reason, the Flooded have been kidnapping members of the Parched tribes in growing numbers.

When the leader of Cole’s tribe asks him to question the girl, he learns that his own mother was one of the Flooded. Now, whispers of war ripple through the Parched villages, and leaders speak of wiping out the Flooded entirely.

With his world fractured and desperate for answers, Cole sets out alone across hostile territory toward the Flooded lands. What he finds there will force him to question everything.

What if the Flooded aren’t mad?
What if survival isn’t the same as salvation?
And what if the sea is not the enemy at all?