The Water Knife

National Bestseller • A “fresh and brilliant thriller” (Los Angeles Times) set in the near future when water is scarce and a spy, a hardened journalist, and a young immigrant from Texas find themselves pawns in a corrupt game.

“Think Chinatown meets Mad Max.” NPR, All Things Considered

In the near future, the Colorado River has shrunk to a stream. Detective, assassin, and spy Angel Velasquez shuts off the water for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, ensuring his lush arcology developments can flourish in Las Vegas. When rumors of a game-changing water source surface in Phoenix, Angel is sent south, searching for answers that seem to evaporate as the heat index soars and the landscape becomes increasingly oppressive. There, he meets Lucy Monroe, a hardened journalist with her own agenda, and Maria Villarosa, a young Texan immigrant, who dreams of escaping the north. As the bodies begin to pile up, the three find themselves pawns in a game much bigger and more corrupt than they could have imagined, and when water is more precious than gold, alliances shift like sand, and the only truth in the desert is that someone will have to bleed if anyone hopes to drink.National Bestseller • A “fresh, genial thriller” (Los Angeles Times) set in the near future when water is scarce and a spy, a hardened reporter, and a young migrant from Texas find themselves pawns in a corrupt game.

“Think Chinatown meets Mad Max.” NPR, All Things Considered

In the near future, the Colorado River has shrunk to a stream. Detective, assassin, and spy Angel Velasquez shuts off the water for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, ensuring his lush arcology developments can flourish in Las Vegas. When rumors of a game-changing water source surface in Phoenix, Angel is sent south, searching for answers that seem to evaporate as the heat index soars and the landscape becomes increasingly oppressive. There, he meets Lucy Monroe, a hardened journalist with her own agenda, and Maria Villarosa, a young Texan immigrant, who dreams of escaping the north. As the bodies begin to pile up, the three find themselves pawns in a game much bigger and more corrupt than they could have imagined, and when water is more precious than gold, alliances shift like sand, and the only truth in the desert is that someone will have to bleed if anyone hopes to drink.