Altered Seasons: Monsoonrise

A few weeks with no sea ice in the Arctic Ocean are enough to trigger a chain reaction that alters the Northern Hemisphere beyond recognition. Droughts and floods ravage the land, forests burn, crops are killed by the heat and nobody can find the cool spot on the pillow. ISABEL BRADSHAW is an engineer. When her parents' home is damaged by a storm and condemned by rising sea levels, she sets out to find security for her family in an increasingly chaotic world.

CARRIE CAMBERG is a governor who...