"A vivid Arctic setting, a vision of a possible future and a compelling eco- thriller"
September 2022 Book of the Month
This enthralling, atmospheric story once again demonstrates the author’s ability to brilliantly weave memorable characters and interesting, relatable family dynamics with strong environmental themes, genuine peril, nail biting tension and wonderfully evoked natural settings.
Set in an almost hopeful 2030 where humanity has taken great leaps to avoid climate disaster, passing Universal Climate laws and creating Wilderness Zones to save wildlife and absorb carbon, but one where the recovery is still all too fragile. Rory accompanies her mother, an environmental geologist, to the Arctic Wilderness Zone to approve Greenlight’s plans to extract from there the rare earth metals which will be used for ‘clean’ transport and technology. They discover a tiny, remote community, which is fascinatingly based upon the real Pyramiden in Svalbard, left behind when traditional mining ceased. These forgotten people live in harmony with their harsh, dangerous yet beautiful environment and its precious wildlife, but many are now becoming increasingly suspicious about Greenlight’s activities. Isolated and ignored by the locals, Rory experiences physical dangers and unsettling supernatural events before she teams up with local boy Mikkal and in a dramatic and tense conclusion, they have to uncover and reveal the truth of what is going on to her mother and the world authorities before it is too late.
The way in which the author demonstrates corporate greed, human selfishness and a lack of respect for the wilderness gives the reader lots of food for thought and really raises awareness of corporate ‘greenwashing’ techniques. Another brilliantly told and highly effective wake-up call to all of us to protect the world around us before it is too late.
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