CONTENTS

 

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

PROLOGUE Origins

I ELEMENTAL RAIN

 

ONE  Cloudy with a Chance of Civilization

TWO  Drought, Deluge, and Devilry

THREE  Praying for Rain

II CHANCE OF RAIN

 

FOUR  The Weather Watchers

FIVE  The Articles of Rain

III AMERICAN RAIN

 

SIX  Founding Forecaster

SEVEN  Rain Follows the Plow

EIGHT  The Rainmakers

IV CAPTURING THE RAIN

 

NINE  Writers on the Storm

TEN  The Scent of Rain

ELEVEN  City Rains

V MERCURIAL RAIN

 

TWELVE  Strange Rain

THIRTEEN  And the Forecast Calls for Change

EPILOGUE  Waiting for Rain

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