Failed State

TitleFailed State
Year for Search2020
AuthorsBrown, Christopher [Tracy](b. 1964)
Pagination384 pp.
Date Published2020
PublisherHarper Voyager
Place PublishedNew York
ISBN Number978-0-06-285910-5
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

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.

Holding Institutions

Public, TxU

Author Note

The author (b. 1964) has also published as Christopher Nakashima Brown and Christopher N. Brown.

Full Text

2020 Brown, Christopher [Tracy] (b. 1964). Failed State. New York: Harper Voyager. 384 pp. Public, TxU

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. The author has also published as Christopher Nakashima Brown and Christopher N. Brown.