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The Leda

The Leda

E.K. Wicher

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ekwicherbooks
Año de edición:
2021
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781777454708
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Catastrophic land slides in the Leda Clay may come once in a thousand years. For a small town in Quebec, Canada, that’s tomorrow, as fracking for natural gas undermines the susceptible geology.A predatory pastor, a new ager, a harassed mayor, a realtor and a biker gang meet on a landscape moulded by Leda Clay, a geological formation widespread in eastern Canada.Meet Dr. Argile, a retired geologist obsessed by the Leda, as St. Petraphile stands on the brink of collapse.

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