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The Gathering Storm: A Québécois Political Thriller

The Gathering Storm: A Québécois Political Thriller

Crossland, Ian

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN13: 9798282193244
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 2 2025
Pages: 366
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the turbulent spring of 2025, Quebec stands at a crossroads, its identity forged in the crucible of a fractured Canada. The Liberal Party's fragile minority government, clinched on April 28 with 169 seats, teeters on the brink of collapse, alienating Quebecers with a unity push that echoes the 1981 Kitchen Accord's betrayal. Trump's 25% tariffs, effective March 2024, devastate Quebec's economy, slashing 25% of port revenue, 15% of hydroelectric exports, and 5,000 manufacturing jobs in Montreal, while foreign ship boycotts cost 10,000 more. As Russian naval ships loom off La Grande Island and Ontario threatens to cut 10 TWh of U.S. electricity exports, Quebec's premier seizes the moment, declaring Ottawa's weakness a threat to the province's future.

Enter seven young women, each a beacon of Quebec's resolve: Lysiane Vauréal, a 28-year-old Francophone artist, ignites a cultural renaissance with her mural and the Quebec-France Cultural Summit, drafting the French Accord to protect French language and laïcité. Qamutiik Siku, a 25-year-old Inuit activist from Salluit, films Russian ships, sparking a Nunavik call for a seabase with 50/50 Indigenous workforce. Évrardine Luthaine, a 30-year-old Sherbrooke policy analyst, exposes the Liberal leader's faltering coalition, her X posts predicting collapse rooted in 1981/1982 grievances. Calixte Warrender, a 27-year-old U.S. diplomat from Burlington, proposes a Puerto Rico-like deal, leveraging Quebec's ports and hydroelectricity. Maëlysse D'Autricourt, a 29-year-old former nun from Trois-Rivières, champions family values within laïcité at a women's conference. Aningan Tuniq, a 24-year-old Inuit engineer from Kuujjuaq, and Vionnet Larivage, a 24-year-old Percé coastal engineer, pitch a grid optimizer to boost Hydro-Québec's 20 TWh exports, countering Ontario's threat.

The Gathering Storm follows these women as Quebec's discontent erupts into action. A nationalist journalist's viral op-ed, Canada's Crumbling Federation, rallies sovereigntists, while the premier unveils a non-citizen national status deal with the U.S., backed by private AI, shipbuilding, and defense firms. Lysiane's French Accord gains traction, codifying cultural protections, while Qamutiik and Aningan secure Inuit rights for the seabase. Vionnet's energy plan fuels economic hopes, and Calixte navigates France-U.S. tensions to align trade interests. Évrardine's briefs justify autonomy, and Maëlysse's festival pitches cultural funding.

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