As the Waters Rise
Published on 19. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
979-8-232-40160-3 (ISBN)
Description
Can the Colony of New York survive climate change?
The year is 2375 AD. Forced underground in 2085 AD by a violent, powerful hurricane, New Yorkers have been living in their subway ever since.
Malcolm "Manny" Stewart has reached the pinnacle of his career as Police Commissioner of the underground Colony. While most people don't believe humans ever lived above ground, Manny knows better. He understands that climate change isn't over. Staten Island has disappeared into the ocean. All around the subway tunnels, the ground is shifting and changing; cracked walls and broken pipes plague homeowners. But there is no plan for an evacuation, and no one seems to care.
Desperate to prepare for the coming crisis, Manny begins to build shelters in what was once Central Park, above ground. Ridiculed on SoshMedia as a foolish eccentric indulging a peculiar whim, Manny is determined to use his own vast fortune to build shelters, but with no machines, progress is painfully slow.
At home, Manny is besieged by problems. His relationship with his second wife is strained, and his adolescent son hates him. Raised by an abusive father, Manny's past comes crashing down on him as he struggles to raise his own son.
But Manny's greatest legacy is not the building of shelters. It is something else entirely.
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Susan Greenberg Feltman went to Windham College in Putney, Vermont, graduating with a BA in History. She worked in New York City as a legal secretary for several years, and then left the work force to raise her infant daughter.
After starting an online business in 1998, Custom Design Sweater Studio, she spent many happy years designing and knitting unique one-of-a-kind sweaters for actors, musicians and collectors. Now that she has retired from the design business, she has time at last to devote to her writing.
Susan lives in Leonia, New Jersey with her husband of 38 years.
Starlight, Shadows and Tears is the sequel to Never See the Sun Again, Ms. Feltman's debut novel. She is looking forward to beginning work on the third and final book in this series.
After starting an online business in 1998, Custom Design Sweater Studio, she spent many happy years designing and knitting unique one-of-a-kind sweaters for actors, musicians and collectors. Now that she has retired from the design business, she has time at last to devote to her writing.
Susan lives in Leonia, New Jersey with her husband of 38 years.
Starlight, Shadows and Tears is the sequel to Never See the Sun Again, Ms. Feltman's debut novel. She is looking forward to beginning work on the third and final book in this series.