The Greenland Breach (ebook)

Argumento de The Greenland Breach (ebook)

"A powerful, fast-paced, superbly written eco-thriller which will thoroughly entertain. I couldn't put it down." ?5-star Netgalley review

?A fast paced adventure of political and industrial intrigue set against global warming. The author creates detailed images of Greenland as the icecaps melt.? ?5-star Netgalley review

?An edge-of-your-seat thriller that keeps the reader guessing combines with a terrifying look at a world (possibly) just around the corner. While ice sheets falling into the sea creating tidal waves is something we've all heard about as a result of global warming, the threat from methane gas released from under the permafrost is unfamiliar - and frightening. The close-up look at Greenland and the dangers facing the Inuit culture are enlightening. It's especially great to see this global crisis from a standpoint different from that portrayed by the American media. The French protagonists are well fleshed out and I hope to encounter them in a future novel.? ?5-star Netgalley Review

Author:
Bernard Besson, who was born in Lyon, France, in 1949, is a former top-level chief of staff of the French intelligence services, an eminent specialist in economic intelligence and Honorary General Controller of the French National Police. He was involved in dismantling Soviet spy rings in France and Western Europe when the USSR fell and has real inside knowledge from his work auditing intelligence services and the police. He has also written a number of prize-winning thrillers, his first in 1998, and several works of nonfiction. He currently lives in the fourteenth arrondissement of Paris.

Translator:
Julie Rose is a prize-winning, world-renowned translator of major French thinkers, known for, among other works, her acclaimed translation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, which was published by Random House in 2008.

""Bernard Besson takes the eco-thriller to a whole new level in his spectacular novel. Masterfully paced and wondrously prescient, here is a cautionary tale where colorful characters battle both man and nature to save the planet from a combination of the two. Equal parts Clive Cussler and Michael Crichton, The Greenland Breach is a terrific story that charges out of the gate and speeds in relentless fashion to a wholly satisfying finish."" --Jon Land, bestselling author of Strong Rain Falling

""This book is rather like one of these slightly more upmarket chocolates. It has a thick outer layer and something completely different as a filling. As to the wrapping, its always interesting to watch the wheel turnThe Greenland Breach is a novel of considerable flair and panache which starts with a major environmental event and then skillfully switches focus to the ravages of human greed as plots are laid and manipulations executed (in every sense of the word). With this combination of flavors, the novel hits the sweet spot of enjoyment."" --Thinking about Books

""Original and harrowing."" -Cosmopolitan

""Billed as a Cli-fi thriller, this is cousin to thoughtful works such as Buckells Arctic Rising, but the narratives tone and tendency toward grand spectacle resembles more lurid thrillers like The Day After Tomorrow.. Besson constructs a complex plot and confidently portrays the grandiosity as it unfolds."" Publishers Weekly

""Buckle up tightly, you are in for a roller coaster of an exciting read."" -Finding Time to Write blog

""Everything about The Greenland Breach is on a grand scale--global powers playing with global stakes, quite literally... A thrilling scenario of potential disaster on the grandest scale, modern escapist fiction that entertains while cautioning readers."" -Book Lover Book Reviews

""This is a remarkable book that is fascinating, frightening, instructive and fun all at once."" -Inter-Ligère

""Suspense is omnipresent from beginning to end. The story navigates between climate change, subsequent natural disasters, corporate rivalries, murder, espionage, mysteries and love. Besson progressively weaves a web that entraps the readers. Each page make you want to turn the following one quicker to find out what happens next."" -Culture et Plaisir par la lecture0