Ardent Forest by Texas-born California-resident author Nancy Jane Moore (
ISFDB) is her standalone science fiction novella, which retells Shakespeare's "As You Like It" in a dystopian post-apocalyptic Texas setting, free courtesy of author publishing consortium Book View Café.
This was one of their monthly specials, apparently meant to promote some sort of anniversary, along with several discount sale items.
Currently free directly @
the Book View Café (DRM-free ePub & Mobi available worldwide).
Description
“All the world’s a post-apocalyptic stage.” A re-telling of “As You Like It” set in a balkanized Texas after climate change and bad economic policies have brought about social collapse.