Drayton and Mackenzie gets the clean tech grind right
Every so often, we like to take a close look at literature here at The Instigator. You can see some of our recommendations here, here, here, here, and here. (And please do send us yours!)
While we pride ourselves on being generally well-read, we’re particularly into climate fiction. The best of the genre lets readers imagine different futures. It builds empathy by giving us a new vantage point. And it sketches the futures—the good and bad—that climate and energy choices might actually produce.
But one catch is that sometimes Cli-Fi can slip into sermon territory. You can feel the author’s thesis statement poking through the plot. So it’s a real pleasure to recommend a new novel that never once feels preachy: Drayton and Mackenzie by Alexander Starritt.