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'The Rise has flooded Australia's coastal areas... but life isn't any easier inland.
'With nothing but a map and a rickety solar truck, Jax journeys to a top-secret government facility at Lake Jindabyne—one of the few freshwater lakes left in Australia.
'Outraged by the injustice of these people having excess water while his family suffers from dehydration, Jax hatches a plan. At first he starts small—stealing just enough water to ease the parched tongues back home—but with each trip the risks he takes become greater. It is only a matter of time before he gets caught. And the penalty for hydro-theft is death.'
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- 2019 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Young Adult Division — Short Story
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- Lake Jindabyne, Snowy River, Cooma - Snowy - Bombala area, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
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