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
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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 what's 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, she's forced to flee - armed with nothing but the stories she carries in her mind, and a growing understanding of her family's 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. Hardisty's 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 there's still time?
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`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 today's very real world problems ... very plausible and terrifyingly sö
SciFi Now
