Grand Canyon

The Divide Between the Powerful and Powerless Has Never Been Wider

Grand Canyon - a timely, existential eco-thriller, which explores the nature of business ethics, family dynamics, corporate greed and environmental responsibilities.

"You alone cannot stop this"

"Who was this man, this recluse, who thought so little of the money he had been offered? Who was he to feel superior, insulting him both professionally and personally, calling him a man of little imagination who was laughed at by those with real ideas and creativity? Now it was Thurrock who reread the emails and burned as the insults hit home, dug into his skin, and inflamed his thinly-veiled nerves."

A childhood trauma leads Burdon Warwick to a small isolated island in Europe where he settles into a life of contented isolation at his beachfront property. When a world-famous businessman decides that this is the ideal place to build a luxury golf resort, Burdon has to decide whether to be an ineffectual witness to the corporate destruction of something he loves, or to make the ultimate stand against big business.

A story of family relationships, loneliness, making a stand for something you believe in, politics and how the past can determine your future. It's also a story about the environmental destruction of our world by faceless and seemingly unaccountable corporations.

#resist

A timely, satirical short story published three years before Donald Trump became the U.S. president. Inspired by the true story of Trump's corrupt business tactics used during the building of Trump International Golf Links at Balmedie, Scotland, tactics that would soon be used on a global scale. Grand Canyon is included in the book of short stories All of Us With Our Pointless Worries and Inconsequential Dramas -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Review of All of Us With Our Pointless Worries and Inconsequential Dramas

"All in all, this is a wonderful collection of short stories that mine deeply emotional and personal territory, which is one of Crystal’s major strengths as a writer. All of these stories are deeply relatable and hyper-realistic – you either know these characters or perhaps you have found yourself in these very same situations. Each of them leaves the reader with much more than what is on the surface and will have you thinking about them long after you finish reading them." - Julian Gallo, author of Rhombus Denied Interview excerpt