Wordsmith– I also write books

A SciFi writer creates an alternative world, and in my futuristic book, A BRAND NEW ADDRESS, the first locale is 22nd Century Earth’s Ice Age.  Robin-hooder Marchand LaFond sails an ice-boat to deliver fuel and food to the needy.  The powerful company BotGen (Botany General Inc.) watch-lists him as a thief. His ice boat consists of a hull attached to a perpendicular cross piece called a runner plank.  Under the hull three “skates” or runners act as a keel.  Ice-boats (a popular winter sport in the northern Midwest and Europe) are wind powered and need smooth ice for fast sailing.  Marchand’s ice boat and heroine Yardley’s ice age greenhouse deepen the locale.  Reviewer Robin wrote: A BRAND NEW ADDRESS is a good choice for teens suffering from Divergent or Hunger Games withdrawal.  Ms. Rowland creates a detailed futuristic world where the Earth is in the throes of a second Ice Age.  Reviewer Dusty Wright wrote: Scenes spring to life, and when the ice boat glides over the ice– “Yardley caught sight of his white triangular sail zip across their frozen yard.  In its wake frosty flints whirled like diamonds.”