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Oct 18, 20 in his debut novel, rivers, michael farris smith answers that question with confidence, writing about the effects of global warming while also offering a story that is unmistakably his own. But after he is ambushed and his home is ransacked, cohen is forced to flee. Like those in his 20 novel, rivers, the characters in smiths latest struggle to put the past behind. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. The lightning whips and the thunder bellows and the rain attacks in the waterstained pages of michael farris smith s rivers, a hurricaneforce debut novel that will soak you with its beautiful sadness and blow you away with its prescience about the weatherwild world that awaits us.
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