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

Author: Hardisty, Paul E.

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 29 February 2024 by Orenda Books in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 300 pages
198 x 130 x 24 | 258g

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