The Forgotten Currents (eBook)

A Novel

Lauren Townsend (Autor)

Ai (Herausgeber)

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2024 | 1. Auflage
158 Seiten
Publishdrive (Verlag)
978-0-00-067862-1 (ISBN)

Infos

2042. The ocean, humanity's cradle, is now its grave. Not by rising tides, but by a far more insidious drowning: despair.  Resources are depleted, alliances fractured, and coastal cities stand as skeletal remains, their populations clinging to artificial archipelagos-monuments to human desperation.  Our last hope? The ocean's thermal currents, a raw, untamed energy whispered to hold the key to salvation. But some secrets are best left undisturbed.
Dr. Theo Kline, a marine biologist haunted by the ghosts of bleached coral reefs, is drawn back to the sea not by discovery, but by survival. He joins a multinational team on Kepler Station, a deep-sea platform miles beneath the waves, a fragile beacon of resilience. The currents promise energy, but Theo feels a chilling foreboding, deeper than the abyss itself.
He's joined by Cynthia Gonzalez, an engineer whose island paradise is slowly sinking, her hopes pinned on Kepler's success. And then there's Christopher McCormick, a brilliant climatologist for whom the currents are a ladder to power.  From the moment Theo arrives, suspicion hangs heavy in the air.  Whispers of sabotage, veiled threats, and the insatiable greed of nations vying for control turn colleagues into potential enemies.
The initial surge of clean energy is a deceptive siren song. As the platform draws deeper from the currents, the world above erupts in chaos. Superstorms rage, tremors shudder through the earth, and Theo's research reveals a terrifying truth: the currents are not just an energy source, but Earth's lifeblood. Tampering with them has triggered a slow-burn apocalypse.  Stopping now would create an energy vacuum, shattering tectonic plates and igniting volcanoes. Continuing guarantees a slow, agonizing demise.
Caught in this deadly paradox, Theo finds unlikely allies in Sherry Mack, a tenacious journalist pursuing the truth, and Jeremy Frye, a weary diplomat desperately trying to broker peace between nations blinded by greed. Together, they must expose the catastrophic implications of Kepler Station and find a way to rebalance the ocean's disrupted energies, all while battling the growing realization of their own complicity.
As the ocean convulses, a chilling prophecy hidden in ancient maritime lore surfaces-a prophecy foretelling the ocean's reclamation, demanding a sacrifice of unimaginable magnitude. Kepler Station, once a symbol of hope, becomes a prison, a stage for a desperate struggle for survival.  In the end, the ocean exacts its price.  _The Forgotten Currents_ leaves you with a haunting question: what are we willing to sacrifice in the name of survival, and what will we become in the aftermath?

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.12.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 0-00-067862-7 / 0000678627
• ISBN-13: 978-0-00-067862-1 / 9780000678621