Environmental engine
Drought pressure, predictive markets, strategic messaging.
Book 7 · The Environmental Crimes Files
The Rain Contract
Control the forecast, control the market.
As drought tightens its grip, private forecasting, water-risk modeling and strategic scarcity begin to move together. The team enters a case where information control is almost as dangerous as the weather itself.
Why this case matters
Turns adaptation economics into open conflict over data and trust.
What is at stake
Scarcity is monetized long before relief reaches the people who need it.
Explore the series
Get to know the recurring investigators, or explore the other cases in reading order.