Synopsis
The year is 2050. In the teeth of a climate catastrophe, the world is left with a drastic solution: one global leader to steer it through the coming apocalypse. The final two candidates are ex-US President Lockwood, and Solomon, the world’s first political artificial intelligence. As whispers of a global conspiracy emerge, investigative journalist Marcus Tully finds himself at the centre of it – when Solomon’s creator turns up murdered. Overnight, one investigation becomes two, and it’s not just the result of the election that’s at stake but the future of the species. Suddenly, humanity must make an impossible choice – between salvation, or freedom.
Review
A genre-defying book that everyone will find something to love.
Part dystopian, sci-fi, thriller, mystery, and climate fiction, this debut will blow your world off its axis.
Like every other reviewer, I don’t want to give too much away. If anything, I would say go in completely blind. Don’t even read reviews.
I see you have kept reading…
Still grieving, journalist Marcus Tully investigates a whistleblower’s account that the death of 400 million people, his pregnant wife being one, was the result of a geo-engineering failure which the American government is covering up.
This could have huge repercussions as the race for world dictatorship is counting down between the ex-US president and an Artificial Intelligence.
That was the thing about the truth. Sometimes, you were judged more harshly for revealing it than for concealing it.
It is scarily realistic. It is 2050. The world is suffering from extreme climate change. The crisis is real. The people are rioting.
This story explores the idea of the cost of knowledge, of sharing truth, and who should be held responsible for those consequences, especially in a fiery world already fuelled with rage and fear.
I know this will be appealing to a lot of readers – short chapters! This kept me on my toes and the story absolutely gripping!
If you are an audiobook fan, this is also narrated by Steven Pacey, who narrated The First Law trilogy.
A brilliant book to binge, to discuss in book clubs, to reflect on, to scour the author’s social media for news of a potential sequel.
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