{"product_id":"9781916788039-descent","title":"The Descent","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe shocking, visionary climate-emergency thriller – prequel to the critically acclaimed THE FORCING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young man\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 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 … \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe prescient, deeply shocking prequel to the bestselling, critically acclaimed Climate Emergency thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Forcing.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Forcing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Paul Hardisty is a visionary' \u003cb\u003eLuke McCallin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A superbly handled tale of struggle and survival in a maimed world' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Paul Hardisty is a fine writer’ \u003cb\u003eLee Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Hardisty holds a mirror up to the titans of today’s very real world problems … very plausible and terrifyingly so’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSciFi Now\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e___________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘A riveting eco-thriller’ \u003cb\u003eCrime Fiction Lover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘The cataclysmic climate-emergency thriller we \u003ci\u003eall \u003c\/i\u003eneed to read … this is where it all begins. My heart was in my mouth every second of the way’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReader Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Compelling, concerning and completely engrossing … a book that demands your attention and your action. A must-read’\u003cb\u003e Jen Med’s Book Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Forcing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Provocative and insightful, visceral and terrifying' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSciFi Now\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Announces Paul E. Hardisty as the true heir to John Christopher' \u003cb\u003eTim Glister\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'A novel that might have actually predicted our future' \u003cb\u003eEwan Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The book I’ve been waiting and hoping for…’\u003cb\u003e Paul Waters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Fierce, thoughtful, deeply humane and always compelling’\u003cb\u003e David Whish-Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41513765830753,"sku":"9781916788039","price":7.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31827463.jpg?v=1734623858","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781916788039-descent","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}