{"product_id":"9781917764063-hope","title":"The Hope","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe most explosive, utterly compelling, MUST-READ climate-emergency thriller of 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a ravaged future ruled by the descendants of those who caused the climate collapse, a teenager with a remarkable gift must flee for her life – and fight to save the last hope for humanity. The searing, unforgettable conclusion to the internationally acclaimed The Forcing trilogy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a future devastated by climate collapse, a secret library is destroyed and a teenage girl gifted with perfect memory becomes the last refuge of human knowledge, hunted by those in power as she fights to save the last hope for humanity. The searing, unforgettable conclusion to the internationally acclaimed \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Forcing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e trilogy.\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‘Utterly compelling … a masterful and all-too-recognisable portrait of climate collapse and the politics of greed. We need this book now more than ever’\u003cb\u003e Eve Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Paul Hardisty is a visionary'\u003cb\u003e Luke McCallin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A riveting eco-thriller’ \u003cb\u003eCrime Fiction Lover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Best Books for January 2026***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_____\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe year is 2082. Climate collapse, famine and war have left the world in ruins. In the shadow of the Alpha-Omega regime – descendants of the super-rich architects of disaster – sixteen-year-old Boo Ashworth and her uncle risk everything to save what’s left of human knowledge, hiding the last surviving books in a secret library beneath the streets of Hobart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Boo has a secret of her own: an astonishing ability to memorise entire texts with perfect recall. When the library is discovered and destroyed, she’s forced to flee – armed with nothing but the stories she carries in her mind, and a growing understanding of her family’s true past. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHunted and alone, and with the help of some unlikely allies, she must fight to save her loved ones – and bring hope to a broken world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpanning three generations before, during and after the fall, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hope\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the shattering conclusion to Paul E. Hardisty’s critically acclaimed climate-emergency trilogy – a devastating, visionary thriller that dares to imagine the possibility of redemption in the face of near-total collapse. In a dying world, it asks the most urgent question of all: what if there’s still time?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e____\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Smart, gripping, and all too plausible … announces Paul E. Hardisty as the true heir to John Christopher' \u003cb\u003eTim Glister\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Hardisty is a fine writer' \u003cb\u003eLee Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A compelling, moving story of survival in a dying world … a novel that might have actually predicted our future' \u003cb\u003eEwan Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e`The book I've been waiting and hoping for…´ \u003cb\u003ePaul Waters\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat readers are saying:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Shocking, powerful and eye-opening … what a book!’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I couldn’t put this down … \u003ci\u003eThe Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is both terrifying and reassuring’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘We need more fiction like this’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The author's prose is often lyrical, almost poetic, even when describing the harshest realities’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘This is dystopian fiction at its most effective: not spectacle, but warning’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A sobering, thought-provoking and deeply affecting novel, and a fitting, unforgettable conclusion to a remarkable trilogy’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Laced with danger and tension. So many scenes that exist right on a knife edge, that kind of pulse thumping tension that just compelled me to keep reading onward’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A stark, shocking, evocative and ultimately thought-provoking book that deserves to be shared widely’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A reminder that things are not too late to be turned around if we care enough to make changes’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57113504514422,"sku":"9781917764063","price":7.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39745068_e0db7e6b-6727-4313-8283-d602f7a1006f.jpg?v=1769723160","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781917764063-hope","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}