Format: Paperback

Pages: 380 pages

Published: March 31, 2025

Publisher: JG Cook

Genre: Espionage, Mystery & Thriller

Synopsis:

Five former classmates meet again at a conference in Brussels in 2028. They were among Greta Thunberg’s first climate strikers, now the five women are moving up the ranks in their respective climate professions.The five women one-by-one embed with a covert movement called HaKolektiv, with a mission to bring down the Progress Network, the global network that promotes and protects fossil fuels.

From the shadows, Rosy takes aim at the five women as she kills and extorts a path up the Progress Network.

An artificial global cooling engineered by Rosy and the Progress Network quashes any impetus for global climate action but one of the five women, Azuka, sees a path to unravel the enemy, using the Progress Network’s own strategies.

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If you were able to protect Mother Earth by planning a covert operation, would you do it? JG Cook takes on a timely topic and incorporates the topic of climate change into what is an engaging and entertaining thriller. As we continue to live in a world where everything is continuously falling apart and there’s nothing we can do about it, The Cooling gives a fictional setting of people taking action.

Cook tackles an important subject head-on, turning it into an enjoyable espionage thriller filled with memorable characters and an action-packed plot that keeps you guessing. The story has multiple character points of view, an element that may not resonate with some readers. But the large cast of characters keeps you hooked and helps move the fast-paced plot along.

Well-researched and written in a way that makes the story easy to follow, if you are looking for something different to read, you’ll want to pick this one up.

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