"A fully imagined and always surprising take on life along the Gulf of Mexico fifty years and many disasters from now. Yet people-and the old spirit of Louisiana-endure."

-MIKE TIDWELL, author of Bayou Farewell

"In these nine brilliant short stories, the Cajuns of southern Louisiana have found their George Orwell. LeBlanc has created vivid, complex, unforgettable characters that come to life on the page. It is great writing, and while these tales are timely, they may well become, like Orwell's 1984, timeless."

-Joel Lafayette Fletcher III, author of With Hawks and Angels

"LeBlanc plumbs the depths of human nature, questioning whether people can actually change and, if they can, what is lost or saved in the process. A call for people to wake up to the realities of climate change, but to also never forget how to dream, Soaked is a collection that sings out its accented regional voice to speak with readers everywhere."

-Joshua Myers, The Indiana Academy