num_pages: 336
description: Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels gradually wreak havoc on the states infrastructure a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern coast. Kirby Lowe an electrical line worker; his pregnant wife Frida; and their two sons Flip and Lucas prepare for the worst. When the boys go missing just before the hurricane hits Kirby heads out into the high winds to search for them. Left alone Frida goes into premature labor and gives birth to an unusual child Wanda whom she names after the catastrophic storm that ushers her into a society closer to collapse than ever before.As Florida continues to unravel Wanda grows. Moving from childhood to adulthood adapting not only to the changing landscape but also to the people who stayed behind in a place abandoned by civilization Wanda loses family gains community and ultimately seeks adventure love and purpose in a place remade by nature.Told in four partspower water light and timeThe Light Pirate mirrors the rhythms of the elements and the sometimes quick sometimes slow dissolution of the world as we know it. It is a meditation on the changes we would rather not see the future we would rather not greet and a call back to the beauty and violence of an untamable wilderness.
language: English
title: The Light Pirate
publisher: Grand Central Publishing