Author Neal Stephenson
Publisher William Morrow
Publication date November 16, 2021
Print size 716 pages
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From Neal Stephenson — who coined the time period “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash — comes a sweeping, prescient new thriller that transports readers to a near-future world by which the greenhouse impact has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea ranges, international flooding, cruel warmth waves, and virulent, lethal pandemics.
One man – visionary billionaire restaurant chain magnate T. R. Schmidt, Ph.D. – has a Big Idea for reversing international warming, a grasp plan maybe finest described as “elemental.” But will it work? And simply as essential, what are the implications for the planet and all of humanity ought to or not it’s utilized?
Ranging from the Texas heartland to the Dutch royal palace within the Hague, from the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas to the sunbaked Chihuahuan Desert, Termination Shock brings collectively a disparate group of characters from totally different cultures and continents who grapple with the real-life repercussions of worldwide warming. Ultimately, it asks the query: Might the treatment be worse than the illness?
Epic in scope whereas heartbreakingly human in perspective, Termination Shock sounds a clarion alarm, ponders potential options and dire dangers, and wraps all of it collectively in an exhilarating, witty, mind-expanding speculative journey.
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