Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

Unlikely as it might have seemed, Evan Whitesky ends up being a leader figure for this group of dissidents, and together they vow to restore order, or at least as much as it can be, given the circumstances. A schism is imminent, and with logic dictating the onset of some sort of worldwide apocalyptic event, it might spell doom for some of the few, if not the sole human survivors.Ī group of young friends and their families have decided to band together in hopes of restoring the Anishinaabe traditions, turning to them in a time of great desperation. As the months pass one after the other, the chaos only keeps on mounting, with the leaders having more and more trouble keeping everyone reigned in. No food, water, nor medicine is coming in, and the community is effectively cut off from the outside world.Ĭonditions worsen by the day as supplies dwindle while sickness and unrest keep on mounting. Suddenly, the entire community goes dark, with neither power nor communications working anymore. The story introduces us to Evan Whitesky and his family, living in a remote northern Anishinaabe community in Northern Ontario, preparing for the long and harsh winter ahead of them. Whereas many writers seem to show a preference for describing the annihilation of the planet on a larger scale, Waubeghsig Rice places his focus on a small community in his post-apocalyptic novel titled Moon of the Crusted Snow. We’ve been preoccupied with the idea of the apocalypse long before we’ve had the ability to wreck the entire planet by our own hands, and many authors have dedicated their efforts to imagining all the different scenarios the event could entail. Waubgeshig Rice Isolates a Small Community

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice