The Water Knife
| Author | Paolo Bacigalupi |
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| Cover artist | Oliver Munday |
| Language | English |
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| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | 26 May 2015 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 371 |
| ISBN | 978-0-385-35287-1 |
| OCLC | 900869568 |
| 813.6 | |
| Website | windupstories.com/books/water-knife/ |
The Water Knife is a 2015 science fiction novel by Paolo Bacigalupi. It is Bacigalupi's sixth novel, and is based on his short story, The Tamarisk Hunter, first published in the news magazine High Country News. It takes place in the near future, where drought brought on by climate change has devastated the Southwestern United States.