" Ezra Mikhail Fowler was born as the earth was dying. There had been an entire fuss of it on the news for years, about the carbon crisis and how little time the ozone had left, leaving an entire generation to turn to their therapists and proclaim a collective, widespread existential despair. The United States had been awash in fires and floods for months, with only half the country believing they had any hand in its demolishment. Even the ones who still believed in a vengeful God had failed to see the signs.
Still, things would have to get much worse before they got better. "

― Olivie Blake , The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)