Depth of the Earth

Depth of the Earth is a novel draft. Ana, a first generation Chilean American, Peace and Justice Studies Master’s student, grapples with personal and generational trauma while attempting to write a thesis on dictatorships. Ben, a new Forest Entomologist hopes to sell the public on an ecologically-sound pheromone deterrent he knows could help save the world’s forests amid a political landscape committed to denying climate-change. They meet and forge a relationship against the backdrop of 9/11, the George W. Bush administration’s invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq and massive global protests. Ana’s obsession with the past and Ben’s with the future seek balance over the course of several years and multiple continents as they navigate love, sex, their commitment to their ideals and how to live joyfully and meaningfully in a world where those with global power are intent on destruction.