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

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 � ___________ � 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. � ________ � ***** � `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