Goodreads asked Christine Hart:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Christine Hart The idea for started out in Victoria, BC. I became fascinated by the vibrant subculture of the city's street population. While promoting my first novel, I attended an anarchist book festival and met a contingent of transient youth who lived on the street by choice, which was a sharp contrast to my previous traditional view of homelessness.

The rest of The Variant Conspiracy trilogy was inspired by my personal sense of helplessness in the face of climate change. I spent a great deal of time wondering about what (apart from pure greed) could motivate agents of pollution and environmental destruction. I started to picture scenarios in which organizations and their leaders harmed the planet on purpose.

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