The Water Thief

Product Description

“There is no difference between the saint who gives food to starving children and the worker who operates the gas chamber that kills them, except that one is making money and the other is losing it.”

CHARLES THATCHER is a private citizen, which is to say that he’s the private property of the Ackerman Brothers Securities Corporation. He’s got problems: the cost of air is going up, his wife wants to sell herself to another corporation, and his colleagues are always trying to get him tossed into the lye vats.
But when he discovers a woman stealing rainwater, he sees his chance to move up in the world, maybe even become an executive. He reports her, painting a picture, not just of a thief, but of a seditionist and revolutionary, someone who believes in that long-dead institution called “government.”
When she suddenly vanishes, he fears the worst and begins trying to track her down. What he finds is a nightmare far worse than he’d imagined—that his report on her may actually have been right.
Now engaged with a small rebel group, Charles learns about life outside his corporation. But in a world where everything is for sale and lies are more profitable than the truth, he begins to wonder if even these revolutionaries have something to hide.
Nick Soutter was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he lives with his wife and their two daughters. His works include From Inside the Mirror, Twin Mirrors, and Killdroid Rising

Review

 “Profound… sure to spark a reaction” and “scathing, ceaselessly engaging” – Kirkus Independent Review

“A brilliant rebuttal of Ayn Rand’s
Atlas Shrugged” –
Clarion Reviews

Winner of the
Kirkus Star and Kirkus ”
Best of 2012″

Forewords Firsts Finalist

”
A powerful saga that deserves to be in every school and debated by any who question authority and elements of freedom in society.” – Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Nicholas Lamar Soutter was born in Boston, Massachusetts.

He graduated from Clark University with Bachelors’ Degrees in Philosophy and Psychology, and began publishing award winning essays on politics and the social sciences.

He was represented by the Donald Maass Literary agency for 5 years, and currently teaches a weekly workshop called “The Business and Craft of writing”, helping writers to hone their skills, improve their work, and get an agent.

His latest book,
The Water Thief, is a near future dystopian novel about a man trying to find his place in a world conquered by corporations, and was awarded
The Kirkus Star in May of 2012.

Nicholas lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two children.