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Podcast: Life Elsewhere
Episode: A Surprising Debut Novel. The Way Of Birds. Etherial Music
Description: Chuck Collins -Â Alter To An Erupting Sun
Altar to an Erupting Sun is a near-future story of one community facing climate disruption in the critical decade ahead. Rae Kelliher is a veteran environmental activist and pioneer in the death-with-dignity movement. Facing a diagnosis of terminal illness, she 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 her Vermont farm community to try to understand her violent exit and the rapid social transformations arou...