Orenda Books Hope: The most explosive, utterly compelling, MUST-READ climate-emergency thriller of 2026, Volume 3

In a ravaged future ruled by the descendants of those who caused the climate collapse, a teenager with a remarkable gift must flee for her life and fight to save the last hope for humanity. The searing, unforgettable conclusion to the internationally acclaimed The Forcing trilogy. `A superbly handled tale of struggle and survival in a maimed world´ The Times Utterly compelling a masterful and all-too-recognisable portrait of climate collapse and the politics of greed. We need this book now more than ever Eve Smith Paul Hardisty is a visionary' Luke McCallin A riveting eco-thriller Crime Fiction Lover **New Scientist Best Books for January 2026*** _____ The year is 2082. Climate collapse, famine and war have left the world in ruins. In the shadow of the Alpha-Omega regime descendants of the super-rich architects of disaster sixteen-year-old Boo Ashworth and her uncle risk everything to save whats left of human knowledge, hiding the last surviving books in a secret library beneath the streets of Hobart. But Boo has a secret of her own: an astonishing ability to memorise entire texts with perfect recall. When the library is discovered and destroyed, shes forced to flee armed with nothing but the stories she carries in her mind, and a growing understanding of her familys true past. Hunted and alone, and with the help of some unlikely allies, she must fight to save her loved ones and bring hope to a broken world. Spanning three generations before, during and after the fall, The Hope is the shattering conclusion to Paul E. Hardistys critically acclaimed climate-emergency trilogy a devastating, visionary thriller that dares to imagine the possibility of redemption in the face of near-total collapse. In a dying world, it asks the most urgent question of all: what if theres still time? ____ 'Smart, gripping, and all too plausible announces Paul E. Hardisty as the true heir to John Christopher' Tim Glister 'Hardisty is a fine writer' Lee Child 'A compelling, moving story of survival in a dying world a novel that might have actually predicted our future' Ewan Morrison `The book I've been waiting and hoping for´ Paul Waters Hardisty holds a mirror up to the titans of todays very real world problems very plausible and terrifyingly so SciFi Now Autorid: Paul E. Hardisty