Altar to an Erupting Sun
Chuck Collins
Rae Kelliher is an organizer of rituals and dance parties, a veteran environmental activist, and pioneer in the “ death with dignity” movement. Her husband Reggie calls her a “ instant party in a box.” In 2023, facing down a diagnosis of terminal illness, Rae engages in a shocking suicide murder, taking the life of an oil company CEO for his role in delaying responses to climate disruption. Seven years later, Rae' s friends and family gather at their Vermont farm to make sense of her violent exit. They reflect on the negative political blowback, but also the ways that Rae' s action unleashed a transition movement that is reshaping the face of New England.Altar to an Erupting Sun is a near future story that addresses how we respond to climate disruption in the “ critical decade” that we are living in. This is the debut novel of researcher and writer Chuck Collins whose previous books include Born on Third Base, The Wealth Hoarders, Wealth and Our Commonwealth, Economic Apartheid in America, and Robin Hood Was Right. Collins directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies where he co-edits Inequality.org.
Author - Chuck Collins.
Narrator - Corinna May.
Published Date - Friday, 13 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
Rae Kelliher is an organizer of rituals and dance parties, a veteran environmental activist, and pioneer in the “ death with dignity” movement. Her husband Reggie calls her a “ instant party in a box.” In 2023, facing down a diagnosis of terminal illness, Rae engages in a shocking suicide murder, taking the life of an oil company CEO for his role in delaying responses to climate disruption. Seven years later, Rae' s friends and family gather at their Vermont farm to make sense of her violent exit. They reflect on the negative political blowback, but also the ways that Rae' s action unleashed a transition movement that is reshaping the face of New England.Altar to an Erupting Sun is a near future story that addresses how we respond to climate disruption in the “ critical decade” that we are living in. This is the debut novel of researcher and writer Chuck Collins whose previous books include Born on Third Base, The Wealth Hoarders, Wealth and Our Commonwealth, Economic Apartheid in America, and Robin Hood Was Right. Collins directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies where he co-edits Inequality.org. Author - Chuck Collins. Narrator - Corinna May. Published Date - Friday, 13 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 19
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Chapter 20
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Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
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Chapter 23
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Chapter 24
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Chapter 25
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Chapter 26
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Chapter 27
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Chapter 28
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Chapter 29
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