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 world on its course to disaster were the stories his
step-father, now 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, 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.
Review:
The Descent is a prequel/sequel to The Forcing and joins the Ashworth
family descendants in The Hope on the coast of Australia. Kweku and his brother
Lewis with their families. Their father, The Teacher, has passed away and his
sons are carrying on his legacy, transmitting his book The Forcing to the
world, to anyone who would listen.
This is how we meet the character Sparkplugs – a woman’s voice through the
radio, filling the gaps of the world doom story and how it all happened in the
first place. Sparkplug tells the tale of working for The Boss and being privy
to all the machinations of world’s richest people, working hard to ensure they
survive what is coming.
And then a tragedy occurs, someone wants them to be quiet. Kweku looses
most of his family and his little niece his abducted – only bloodied playing
cards with Alpha Omega symbols on them are left behind as a clue.
Kweku sets off around the world with his wife Julie and son Leo to find
what really happened to the world, his family and to find his niece Becky and
bring her home, if there is one left at the end.
This book is amazing – it is a real warning to us regarding our actions
against the natural world and should be read by everyone. It is an amazingly
woven story of the past and present and is certainly a book that will stay with
me for a long time.
Thank you to TBConFB and the author for access to this book.
Rating: 5/5
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