An Etiquette Guide to the End Times

Publisher Marketing: There aren't any zombies (yet), but the world is still at the brink of destruction: It's 2028 and global warming has led to rising oceans, crazy weather, and resource scarcity. On top of that, someone just turned the Internet off. Seeing as how it's humanity's last chance to turn things around manners are, understandably, a bit frayed. Bookish etiquette buff Olive O'Malley is busy microfarming her urban property and minding her own business (and her chickens) when the government comes calling. Their goal is to push the populace towards carbon-neutrality while keeping kvetching to a minimum, and they come with a proposal: transition Olive's popular etiquette column to a radio show for the masses, and they'll help Olive find her grandfather, who's gone missing. Olive doesn't trust the hipster government officials who try to bribe her with delicious-but-probably-a-little-evil chocolate pastries, and declines their offer. (Politely, of course.) But they won't take no for an answer, and soon Olive is knee-deep in turmoil, eco-terrorism, and missing chickens. Now she has to untangle herself from their demands and figure out how to make sure her family (and her poultry) are safe before it's too late. Contributor Bio:  Sepp, Maia Maia left the tech sector to write about sock thievery, migraine, and...the tech sector. Her debut novel is "The Sock Wars," a story of love, loss, and sock thievery; it has been an Amazon digital top 100 bestseller. Maia's latest novel, "The Migraine Mafia," is the story of a thirtysomething's quest to come to terms with a chronic illness. Find Maia online at maiasepp.com.