A good story set in a dystopian, water-parched Southern California. Lauren, an educated young black woman and the daughter of a Baptist minister, grew up in an enclosed, self-contained community. Worried about the future and forseeing the end to the relative security in her neighborhood, she makes a plan to head north to lands with more water and life. Her plan is complimented by a new religious philosophy that she develops centered around the mantra "Change is God."

Along the way, she attracts a diverse ragtag following of beatitudes, and begins to develop them into her disciples.

A+ for strong female lead and interesting ways of twisting religious verses into something new.