{"product_id":"the-descent-the-shocking-visionary-climate-emergency-thriller-prequel-to-the-critically-acclaimed-the-forcing-9781916788039","title":"The Descent: The Shocking, Visionary Climate-Emergency Thriller - Prequel to the Critically Acclaimed the Forcing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Forcing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e' Paul Hardisty is a visionary' \u003cb\u003eLuke McCallin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A superbly handled tale of struggle and survival in a maimed world' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e' Paul Hardisty is a fine writer' \u003cb\u003eLee Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e___________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKweku 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Forcing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKweku 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe devastating, nerve-shattering prequel to the critically acclaimed thriller \u003ci\u003eThe Forcing\u003c\/i\u003e, a story of survival, hope, and the power of the human spirit in a world torn apart by climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e' 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' \u003cb\u003eReader Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e' Compelling, concerning and completely engrossing ... a book that demands your attention and your action. A must-read' \u003cb\u003eJen Med's Book Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Forcing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e' Provocative and insightful, visceral and terrifying' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSciFi Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e' Announces Paul E. Hardisty as the true heir to John Christopher' \u003cb\u003eTim Glister\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A novel that might have actually predicted our future' \u003cb\u003eEwan Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e' The book I've been waiting and hoping for... ' \u003cb\u003ePaul Waters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e' 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' \u003cb\u003eCrime Fiction Lover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e' Fierce, thoughtful, deeply humane and always compelling' \u003cb\u003eDavid Whish-Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Canadian \u003cb\u003ePaul E Hardisty \u003c\/b\u003ehas spent 25 years working all over the world as an engineer, hydrologist and environmental scientist. Paul is a university professor and CEO of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). 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