Wehm, M. Darusha - The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human

A near-future real-life society transitions to a post-capitalist, post-climate change reality. The Department Of What It (Really) Means To Be Human is a thoughtful, optimistic sci-fi novel set in a near-future Aotearoa New Zealand where an investigator navigates a newly post-capitalist world in their search for a missing artist. THE LATEST WORK FROM THIS ACCLAIMED AND ACCOMPLISHED AUTHOR, who has twice won the Sir Julius Vogel Award (2019 and 2024).The author's short fiction has been published widely and their poetry has been a finalist for the Rhysling Award. A THOUGHTFUL AND OPTIMISTIC new science fiction novel: posits a near future which includes tangible climate change mitigation and new modalities of work, economics, and justice, transitioning to a post-capitalist, post-climate change reality.