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Title: Explora Books Republishes ‘Sanctuary’ by Karen East

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 4th Aug 2026 - Set in Minneapolis in the early 2040s, Sanctuary imagines an America shaped by environmental decline and creeping authoritarianism. Under the government’s “Rebirth of the Cities Plan,” families are sorted into neighborhoods policed by listening devices, elderly citizens are relocated without consent, and a single accusation can strip a household of its future. Against this backdrop, journalist Janet Ryan uncovers the cost of her parents’ compliance and the rumored existence of a clandestine network helping the desperate slip beyond Homeland Security’s reach. East builds tension through the accumulation of small, chilling compromises ordinary people make to survive.What distinguishes Sanctuary from many entries in the dystopian genre is the warmth running alongside its warnings. Interwoven with Janet’s story is life on an Anishinaabe reservation, where an elder’s passing is honored with a traditional ceremony of drumming, tobacco offerings, and the community that gathers around it. These chapters, grounded in ritual, humor, and multigenerational care, offer a counterweight to the novel’s surveillance state: a portrait of a community that has protected its resilience and sense of belonging for generations.The result is a novel that explores both what people fight to preserve and what they fear losing.That authenticity draws directly on the author’s own background. Karen East is a retired marriage and family therapist who spent nineteen years working with American Indian tribes across the Midwest, an experience that informs the novel’s unhurried, clear-eyed depiction of Indigenous family and community life. She has two children, a grandson, and four great-granddaughters, and lives in northern Wisconsin.With this...

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