The Descent : The shocking, visionary climate-emergency thriller - prequel to the critically acclaimed THE FORCING Volume 2

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. `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`Hardisty holds a mirror up to the titans of today's very real world problems . very plausible and terrifyingly so' SciFi Now��___________�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,�The Forcing.��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�The Forcing, a story of survival, hope, and the power of the human spirit in a world torn apart by climate change. �________�`A riveting eco-thriller' Crime Fiction Lover�`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'�Jen Med's Book Reviews�Praise for�The Forcing�`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'�Crime Fiction Lover�`Fierce, thoughtful, deeply humane and always compelling'�David Whish-Wilson