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Born in the eye of a hurricane—and named after the same devastating storm—Wanda is shaped from the start by forces of nature. Living in coastal Florida, on the front lines of the ever-worsening effects of climate change, Wanda and her dwindling family adjust and survive as best they can. Cli-fi with a tinge of the fantastic, The Light Pirate deftly imagines societal collapse: unable to keep pace with the destruction caused by global warming, the federal government simply abandons the state. (Brooks-Dalton has taken on the end of civilization before; her novel Good Morning, Midnight was adapted into Netflix’s .) While most evacuate, Wanda, who has an unusual connection to the water, is determined to adapt.