A young man and his young family set out on a perilous voyage across a devastated planet to uncover the origin of the events that set the world on its course to disaster … The prescient, deeply shocking prequel to the bestselling, critically acclaimed Climate Emergency thriller,
The Forcing
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‘ Paul Hardisty is a visionary'
Luke McCallin
'A superbly handled tale of struggle and survival in a maimed world'
The Times
‘ Paul Hardisty is a fine writer’
Lee Child
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Kweku Ashworth is a child of the cataclysm, born on a sailboat to parents fleeing the devastation in search for a refuge in the Southern Ocean. Growing up in a world forever changed, his only connection to the events that set the planet on its course to disaster were the stories his step-father, long-dead, recorded in his manuscript,
But there are huge gaps in his stepfather’s account, and when Kweku stumbles across a clandestine broadcast by someone close to the men who forced the globe into a climate catastrophe, he knows that it is time to find out for himself.
Kweku and his young family set out on a perilous voyage across a devastated planet. What they find will challenge not only their faith in humanity, but their ability to stay alive.
The devastating, nerve-shattering prequel to the critically acclaimed thriller
, a story of survival, hope, and the power of the human spirit in a world torn apart by climate change.
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‘ The cataclysmic climate-emergency thriller we all need to read … this is where it all begins. My heart was in my mouth every second of the way’
Reader Review
‘ Compelling, concerning and completely engrossing … a book that demands your attention and your action. A must-read’
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‘ Provocative and insightful, visceral and terrifying'
SciFi Now
‘ Announces Paul E. Hardisty as the true heir to John Christopher'
Tim Glister
'A novel that might have actually predicted our future'
Ewan Morrison
‘ The book I’ve been waiting and hoping for… ’
Paul Waters
‘ A riveting eco-thriller [that] paints a realistic picture of our future if society as a whole continues to ignore scientific warnings about global warming’
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‘ Fierce, thoughtful, deeply humane and always compelling’
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