Date Published: 11/18/2025
Publisher: Atmosphere Press
Narrator: Nathan Westhoff
Run Time: ‘6:37
hurricane surfer, an Alaskan oil worker, and a French salt farmer. But he’s no
criminal mastermind, and they soon find themselves caught between a growing
hurricane and a surprise algae field.
Will Moro succeed? Will they beat the hurricane surfing world record? And how
exactly does one farm salt?
It’s a hopeful climate heist—a solarpunk blend of Ocean’s Eleven, The
Martian and Michael Crichton.
Todd Medema is the author of How To Surf A Hurricane, a heist thriller
showing that stories about climate change and adaptation can be fun and
hopeful. He wrote it because he believes the future doesn’t have to be a
dystopia, and he got tired of only reading stories of doom and gloom.
Todd studied Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Design at Carnegie Mellon
University. He worked on self-driving cars and board games before discovering
a passion for clean energy. He spent four years working on grid-scale battery
storage and now offers Product Management consulting to clean energy
companies.
Todd spends his free time playing games, climbing rocks, and gleefully riding
his electric bike everywhere. He is currently working on expanding the
Hurricane universe.
