@booklet {11486, title = {Failed State}, year = {2020}, month = {2020}, pages = {384 pp.}, publisher = {Harper Voyager}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

A sequel to 2017 Brown and, more directly, 2019 Brown with the same central character as in the latter. After the second American Revolution, even though the old regime is gone, the peace is fragile. The former rebels are trying to build turn what remains of New Orleans into a green utopia but using kidnapping for ransom to pay for it. Climate change, which has destroyed cities and produced food shortages, is a major theme.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, isbn = {978-0-06-285910-5}, author = {Christopher [Tracy] Brown (b. 1964)} }