Camp Zero reads like a chronicle of the present
alongside news of present and future climate catastrophe, it’s hard to characterize the novel as dystopian near-futurism when it reads more like a chronicle of the present. The book is set in 2049, where intersecting groups orbit around Camp Zero in the Canadian North. The story is told from the perspective of a handful of characters, with chapters divided between them and offering several perspectives. But their living conditions are similar.
At Camp Zero, an architect imagines a better version of the future, living harmoniously with nature as a wealthy, privileged man arrives from the south to escape his overbearing family and “teach” the diggers at the camp. Nearby, the “Blooms”
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