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'Jane Abbott's Watershed is a homegrown addition to the burgeoning sub genre of dystopian fiction that's become known as "cli-fi". Our continent's cities have sunk forlornly beneath the waves, what remains of land is parched and inhospitable, and what remains of society makes Hobbes look like an optimist. ...'