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.
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 the story that his mother, still alive but old and frail, steadfastly refuses to speak of, even thirty years later. When he discovers evidence that his mother has tried to cover up the truth, and then stumbles across an account 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.
Determined to learn what really happened during his mother`s escape from the concentration camp to which she and Kweku´s father were banished, and their subsequent journey halfway around the world, 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 Descent is 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.
I found that I was soon hooked by this book, and couldn't out it down. I loved the fact that the storyline was split into two sections - the past & the present. At first it took a bit of getting my head round as the 'past' is technically still in the future for us but once I stopped thinking about that, the book just flowed.
I thought that it was so clever the way that the stories intertwined and each of our main characters stories was so intriguing. Kweku's story was just heartbreaking as he had so much suffering to overcome, but he was determined to not only find the truth but also his niece.
'Sparkplug's' story was so interesting as she was telling us how the group was formed and who it was that held the power - I loved the fact that her story was the broadcast that Kweku listened too each week, and the fact that she carried on with her broadcasts even after Kweku was no longer able to do his ones.
I found that as I was reading I felt so many different emotions throughout the storyline as it evolved. It was brilliantly written. I haven't read the first book 'The Forcing' but I feel that I need to go and read it as this one was brilliant. You can grab a copy here #Aff.
Huge Thanks to Random Things Tours & Paul E. Hardisty for allowing me to take part in the blog tour in exchange for a free honest review.
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