{"product_id":"9781916788039","title":"The Descent","description":"\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, \u003ci\u003eThe Forcing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘             Paul Hardisty is a visionary' \u003cb\u003eLuke McCallin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A superbly handled tale of struggle and survival in a maimed world' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘             Paul Hardisty is a fine writer’              \u003cb\u003eLee Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e___________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘             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’              \u003cb\u003eReader Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘             Compelling, concerning and completely engrossing …              a book that demands your attention and your action. A must-read’              \u003cb\u003eJen Med’             s Book Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Forcing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘             Provocative and insightful, visceral and terrifying' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSciFi Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘             Announces Paul E. Hardisty as the true heir to John Christopher' \u003cb\u003eTim Glister\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A novel that might have actually predicted our future' \u003cb\u003eEwan Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘             The book I’             ve been waiting and hoping for…             ’              \u003cb\u003ePaul Waters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘             Fierce, thoughtful, deeply humane and always compelling’              \u003cb\u003eDavid Whish-Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul E. Hardisty","offers":[{"title":"Orenda Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-09-17","offer_id":45703421591807,"sku":"9781916788039","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_9eeaba7e-19fd-47c7-a4d3-a43c22398231.jpg?v=1718222121","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781916788039","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}