The Unorthodox Ox

A dystopian novel that examines the issue of environmental destruction: the collapse of the natural world.

The protagonist, an anti-hero who has married the wrong person. The spouse, the antagonist, is a difficult and habitual fault-finder; she has been undermining his and her own sanity for years.

The protagonist has a job to oversee, monitor, and manage environmental destruction that uncontrollably seems to be leading to catastrophe, to a cataclysm. So his work has been dragging him down for some time.

The dilemma that the story relates is that of an anti-hero who gets on with life as anyone might when backed up against the wall and with no reasonable way out. But there is an interest that he comes across, a romantic interest, a love interest, and she is someone who is interested in improving her lot as well.

The story in"The Unorthodox Ox"deals with the untangling of a personal and professional situation which when resolved will allow different parties to move on and live a little better.