High Rise

Author(s): Vanessa Lee

Location(s): Australia, Cronulla

Genre(s): Cli-fi, Thriller

Era(s): Future

Fictional Bombora is based on Cronulla.

In an Australian beachside suburb, climate change can no longer be ignored…

Constant storms have damaged Bombora’s coastline. When rising tides force ‘Vaga’, the beloved beachfront restaurant, to finally close, it is seen as the start of an inescapable tragedy.

Community rifts deepen, old friends clash, and while some flee the idyllic suburb for safer ground, many others stand firm, defying the increasingly erratic weather. Mick, a charismatic local figure, faces a family crisis as he grapples with the impending threat. A chance encounter with Renata, an old schoolmate, and her son Guil, a local surfer, forges an improbable alliance.

As a menacing storm looms on the horizon, Mick and Guil rally Guil’s surfer friends to form a ‘tinnie army’ of local first responders. But when the tempest strikes with unrelenting force, it triggers a chain of events that will alter all their lives forever.

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