The first chapter of World Without Winter is available right here for you to read, so you can page through it yourself—but there's a few things you should know first. The story begins about 30 years AFTER the ice caps have melted, so some of the characters you're about to meet will have no recollection of what our world is like. Later in the book, the main character flashes back to his childhood when the sea level was rapidly rising, so you get to witness how that all played out then. That should give you some perspective on how far in the future I'm about to take you.

This excerpt is posted in the Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf), so you'll need an Acrobat Reader program to view it. It's a common and popular format because it's easy to read (you can even enlarge the text size if needed), so you probably already have this program on your computer. If you don't, it's a free download for Windows, Mac, and Unix systems, and you can get it directly from Adobe by following the links below, which open in a new window:

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The link to the excerpt also opens in a new window so you won't lose your place here. Just close it when you're done and this site will still be here, so you can find out more about the book and get a copy of your own. Just click the image below or the text link to read the first chapter:
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