We love to act surprised by the future. Melting ice, burning forests, political dysfunction. We treat them like breaking news even though the warnings have been with us for decades.

My novel Narican: The Cloaked Deception grew out of that denial. It is not really about tomorrow. It is about the truths we refuse to face today, the future we pretend not to see.

Denial often feels easier than honesty. We scroll past headlines, shake our heads, and tell ourselv...