One of the most creative pieces of literary speculative fiction I have read in a good while.

Set in a post apocalyptic version of our world, 8 billion people have died. Those who remain huddle together but apart, in their respective city states of Rise and Shine. Perpetually at war, the leaders of the two cities have found the key to life - not through crops or livestock, but through film of human suffering.

This world is almost obscenely polite, human rights are forefront even for traitors and dissenters. Rise & Shine explores what leadership really means, what it could look like and offers readers a timely comparison to real life politics - on climate, immigration and other issues - practiced in the world today. It’s a story of sacrifice, propaganda and the hunt for the truth.