The Sea and SummerFrancis Conway is Swill one of the 90% in the year 2041 who must subsist on the inadequate charities of the state. A young boy growing up in a challenging world, life is already difficult and rapidly becoming impossible for Francis and others like him, as government corruption, official blindness, and nature have conspired to turn Swill homes into watery tombs. Now, the young boy must find a way to escape the approaching tide of disaster. The Sea and