Termination Shock

The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with a visionary technothriller about climate change'Stephenson's reputation as a sci-fi titan is deserved' Sunday Times'His most visionary, and timely, book yet' Chicago Review of Books'Absorbing speculative fiction' Guardian'Brilliantly entertaining. . . at science fiction's cutting edge' SFX'Ingenious and sometimes prophetic' TelegraphNeal Stephenson's sweeping, prescient new novel transports readers to a near-future world where the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and virulent, deadly pandemics. One man has a Big Idea for reversing global warming, a master plan perhaps best described as "elemental. " But will it work? And just as important, what are the consequences for the planet and all of humanity should it be applied?As only Stephenson can, Termination Shock sounds a clarion alarm, ponders potential solutions and dire risks, and wraps it all together in an exhilarating, witty, mind-expanding speculative adventure.