Speculative prose in the tradition of a Ballard, Gibson or Murakami, these tales describe a hyper-real New York— half real, half illusion— glued together with layers of augmented reality, where the city’ s inhabi-tants are forced to scavenge or steal the most precious commodity— water— carved out at great risk from the archipelago of icebergs moored horizon to horizon. Russell Craig Richardson was born in the north of England and has lived in London, Paris, Valencia, and New York. His background is in film, television, translation, and education. He has been telling stories all his life. This is his first book of fiction.