Canadian Paul E Hardisty is the author of climate thrillers The Descent & The Forcing. He’s worked around the world as an engineer, hydrologist & environmental scientist. He roughnecked on Texas oil rigs, explored for gold in the Arctic, mapped geology in rebel territory in Eastern Turkey, was in Ethiopia as the Mengistu regime fell, survived a bomb blast in Yemen & was CEO of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). He’s also the author of the acclaimed Claymore Straker series.