Ultimatum - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843548844 ISBN 13: 9781843548843

Synopsis

Joe Benton has just been elected the forty-eighth president of the United States. Only days after winning, Benton learns from his predecessor that previous estimates regarding the effect of global warming on rising sea levels have been grossly underestimated. With the world frighteningly close to catastrophe, Benton must save the United States from environmental devastation. He resumes secret bilateral negotiations with the Chinese - now the world's worst polluter - and as the two superpowers lock horns, the ensuing battle of wits becomes a race against time. With tension escalating on almost every page and building to an astonishing climax, Matthew Glass's visionary and deeply unsettling thriller steers us into the dark heart of political intrigue and a future that is all too terrifyingly believable.

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Review

`Stoking terror has been a staple of thrillers ever since Erskine Childers wrote "The Riddle of the Sands" more than 100 years ago. Foreign invasions? Deadly microbes? Nuclear explosions? Each decade boasts its emblematic page-turners. These may be works of fiction, but for the most part they are inspired by the real-world terrors of their own particular time... [Ultimatum is] a cut above ... The heir to Tom Clancy and Michael Crichton, Ultimatum is better than either. The first politico-diplomatic-disaster thriller, Mr Glass's engrossing work leaves the reader thinking long after the last page is turned... His portrait of the effects of global warming is as vivid as it is dark. The author's research, both scientific and political, is meticulous, yet it never swamps the story. The book may be set in the future, but it is really about today. Ultimatum does a better job of convincing the reader about the price the world will pay for its complacency about global warming than any international grandstanding or dry scientific reports... This is a novel for politician and non-politician alike. And the ending is brilliant.'
-- Economist

Book Description

HE HAS BECOME THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD... NOW HE HAS TO SAVE IT...

'The publisher is already describing Mr Glass as the heir to Tom Clancy (for The Hunt for Red October) and to Michael Crichton (for State of Fear, his diatribe about global warming). Ultimatum is better than either of these. The first politico-diplomatic-disaster thriller, Mr Glass's engrossing work leaves the reader thinking long after the last page is turned.' Economist

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843548844
• ISBN 13: 9781843548843
• Binding: Paperback