From renowned theoretical physicist, broadcaster and author Jim Al-Khalili, comes this thrilling debut novel drawing on cutting-edge science and set in a near-future full of dazzling technologies.
2041 and the world as we know it grinds to a halt. Our planet seems to be turning against itself - it would appear that the magnetic field, that protects life on Earth from deadly radiation from space, is failing . . .
Desperate to quell the mass hysteria that would surely follow, world governments have concealed this rapidly emerging Armageddon. But a young Iranian hacktivist stumbles across the truth, and it becomes a race against time to reactivate the earth's core using beams of dark matter.
As a small team of brave and brilliant scientists battle to find a way of transforming theory into practice, they face a fanatical group intent on pursuing their own endgame agenda: for they believe mankind to be a plague upon this earth and will do anything, commit any crime, to ensure that the project fails . . .
And so bring about humanity's end.
| ISBN: | 9780857503527 |
| Publication date: | 19th March 2020 |
| Author: | Jim AlKhalili |
| Publisher: | Bantam Press an imprint of Transworld |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 441 pages |
| Genres: |
Science Fiction Science fiction: near future Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic Narrative theme: Sense of place Dystopian and utopian fiction Action Adventure |