The Descent

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

`Hardisty holds a mirror up to the titans of today's very real world problems … very plausible and terrifyingly so´ SciFi Now

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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.

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`A riveting eco-thriller´ Crime Fiction Lover

`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