Crosshairs : a novel /
Hernandez, Catherine, 1977-
Crosshairs : a novel / Cross-hairs Catherine Hernandez. - First Atria Books hardcover edition. - 253 pages ; 24 cm
"In this captivating dystopian novel, a larger-than-life drag queen and her allies join forces to rise up when a post-Trump regime rounds those deemed "Other" into concentration camps"-- Set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future, with massive floods leading to rampant homelessness and devastation, a government-sanctioned regime called The Boots seizes on the opportunity to round up communities of color, the disabled, and the LGBTQ+ into labor camps. In the shadows, a new hero emerges. After he loses his livelihood as a drag queen and the love of his life, Kay joins the resistance alongside Bahadur, a transmasculine refugee, and Firuzeh, a headstrong social worker. Guiding them in the use of weapons and close-quarters combat is Beck, a rogue army officer, who helps them plan an uprising at a major televised international event.
9781982146023 1982146028
2019058052
Sexual minorities--Fiction.
Authoritarianism--Fiction.
Government, Resistance to--Fiction.
Social workers--Fiction.
Transgender people--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Science fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Novels.
LGTBQ+.
Crosshairs : a novel / Cross-hairs Catherine Hernandez. - First Atria Books hardcover edition. - 253 pages ; 24 cm
"In this captivating dystopian novel, a larger-than-life drag queen and her allies join forces to rise up when a post-Trump regime rounds those deemed "Other" into concentration camps"-- Set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future, with massive floods leading to rampant homelessness and devastation, a government-sanctioned regime called The Boots seizes on the opportunity to round up communities of color, the disabled, and the LGBTQ+ into labor camps. In the shadows, a new hero emerges. After he loses his livelihood as a drag queen and the love of his life, Kay joins the resistance alongside Bahadur, a transmasculine refugee, and Firuzeh, a headstrong social worker. Guiding them in the use of weapons and close-quarters combat is Beck, a rogue army officer, who helps them plan an uprising at a major televised international event.
9781982146023 1982146028
2019058052
Sexual minorities--Fiction.
Authoritarianism--Fiction.
Government, Resistance to--Fiction.
Social workers--Fiction.
Transgender people--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Science fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Novels.
LGTBQ+.