“In 2050, the climate crisis has triggered famines, flooded coastlines, and worsened political instability. From the war-torn borders of Ethiopia to the moon’s desolate South Pole, American biologist Tania Black and Chinese engineer Tian Jie embark on an epic adventure that will touch all life on earth.”
(from Smashwords.com: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/237948 )
Are you in the mood for a good (and very timely) reading experience this year? Well, in the spring of last year I was hired to help with the final editing and proofreading of a science fiction novel entitled The Glass Sky. The Canadian author, Niko Perren, is a well-trained scientist who knows his subject matter very well. He is also, I soon discovered on reading the manuscript, a very good writer. In fact, I quickly began to sense that he had written a book that just might (and certainly ought to) catch on in a big way. It seems that I was correct in my estimation of the book’s potential. Kirkus Reviews, one of the world’s most prestigious review journals, has selected The Glass Sky as one of the top 100 independently published books of 2012 (note that there are some 250,000 independently published titles to choose from)! The Kirkus review ( https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/niko-perren/the-glass-sky/#review ) calls the book “[a]n exciting, well-written and compassionate eco-thriller with real heroes and a mission worth caring about.”
The two main characters, Tania Black, a UN-appointed environmentalist, and Tian Jie, a Chinese nanotechnologist, are wholly believable, as is the thrilling plot that carries readers along in “can’t put it down” fashion. The problem they both face is one on which the very survival of life on our planet depends, and the manner in which they attempt to solve it makes for a compelling story. I highly recommend this book to everyone who enjoys a thrilling story and who is concerned about our collective future.
The Glass Sky is now available through Chapters/Indigo and Amazon as an e-book or as a paperback ( http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/The-Glass-Sky-Niko-Perren/978098791360-643489-Review.html OR http://www.amazon.com/The-Glass-Sky-ebook/dp/B009F26XZU OR http://www.amazon.ca/The-Glass-Sky-ebook/dp/B009F26XZU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1361651329&sr=8-1 ).
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