What follows is a story of survival, an ecological thriller weighted with a mythological perspective, and a dystopian adventure story that comes full circle, feeling ancient in its future setting. The Rain Heron of the title is a bird of myth, able to save and destroy the land, as recounted in the timeless fable of the opening chapter. In a swirling display of rich, descriptive language, of fraught interiority and dogged determination, The Rain Heron pulls the reader through a landscape and culture horrific for its uncanny likeness to our world today.
‘A farmer lived, but not well.’ The opening line of Robbie Arnott’s second novel, The Rain Heron, grabs you by the throat.
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