title: Sharp and Dangerous Virtues: A Novel
author:  Martha Moody 
description: In 2047, the U.S. has set up a highly controlled farm center known as the Grid. Its purpose is to feed the nation, but its success during a time of food shortage has made it a worldwide target. An alliance of other nations with a charismatic leader has already taken over Cleveland, Ohio, in its attempt to gain control, and now Dayton, on the southern edge of the the Grid, is struggling in the shadow of war. A dystopian novel that paints an unnervingly realistic picture of the future, the book has at its center a cast of authentic characters. A family struggling to remain together in its home, a quixotic couple holed up in the nature center, a once-powerful water commissioner, a church janitor made into a scapegoatall struggle with the realities of war in their own ways, finding strength to continue on their own terms. Thought provoking without being moralistic, Sharp and Dangerous Virtues is a suspenseful what-if that readers will continue to ponder long after theyve put it down. --Cortney Ophoff
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  Table of Contents 
   
  1. EVERY COMPLIMENT IS A STAB WOUND 
  2. SOCIAL THIRST I