Verge by Nadia Attia Groundswell Speaker 2024 Smaje makes the case for

Smaje makes the case for organising human societies around small-scale

streaming through the windows

From a group of writers lounging on the edge of a disaster zone to a mandarin ostracised from his old court trying to avoid assassination

dreaming of a big future

whether you have one pot or a garden full of them

Verge by Nadia Attia Groundswell Speaker 2024 Smaje makes the case forRowena has always been a rebel: foul mouthed, light fingered, the last to leave a party. Unfortunately, she's also cursed marked by Death since birth. When Rowena's boyfriend and father die in quick succession her mother sends her North to her gran, the one healer strong enough to lift the curse before her eighteenth birthday. Halim is proud, independent and just a few payments away from owning his truck. Unfortunately, his latest cargo is Rowena.