It's thirty years from now. We're making progress, mitigating climate change, slowly but surely. But what about all the angry old people who cling to their red baseball caps, their grievances, their anger, and to their "alternative" news sources that reassure them that their resentment is right?

In Cory Doctorow’s near-future novel The Lost Cause, a climate-ravaged California becomes the battleground for a new generation’s fight to rebuild society from the ashes of disaster and entrenched power. As protagonist Brooks Palazzo navigates wildfires, waves of climate refugees, and the legacy of his MAGA grandfather, he’s swept up in a struggle where youthful idealism clashes with authoritarian backlash from reactionary forces and plutocrats desperate to preserve their privilege.