In a future where rain is a luxury enjoyed exclusively by the ultra-rich, the world's only umbrella-maker is framed for the high-profile murder of the quadrillionaire patriarch who controls the earth's last natural resources. Beautiful and horrific, "The Rain Artist" is pitched as "Succession" meets "The Fifth Element" and asks the question of how art and artists can thrive under commercialized capitalism.
In Claire Rudy Foster’s speculative novel "The Rain Artist", a celebrated umbrella artist goes on the run after being framed for the murder of the planet’s wealthiest man. In a too-believable future, the planet has lost most of its water. The Weiss dynasty controls the means of producing rain...
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