Volcanic Winter
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Ages: 18+
Robert Jenkins is Vice President of the USA. Given responsibility for a new war on climate change, he proposes military action to create a volcanic winter—only to discover its deadly consequences and the President’s unstoppable commitment to launch it.
The President declares war on climate change. He may instead end life on Earth.
Robert Jenkins is Vice President of the USA. He joined the ticket of the populist and erratic Angus Probin when neither believed Probin could be elected. Their agreement was to govern together: Jenkins would provide wisdom and good governance, while the President supplied the ideas and public appeal.
Now, deep into the first term, the President is running off the rails. To regain relevance and silence his critics, Jenkins proposes a war on climate change. The President agrees and puts him in charge. Jenkins discovers that a plan to create volcanic winter has deadly consequences—but the President has already committed to launch it. He has seven days to halt a plan that could end life on Earth.
Reviews
Reviewed by Anne-Marie Reynolds for Readers' Favorite Volcanic Winter by Mark Rutherford is a political thriller. Angus Probin is the President of the United States and playing fair has never featured in his life. Friends are not important; if someone can’t help him, he doesn’t want to know. But he knows how true it is to keep your enemies close and he monitors anyone who may think about betraying him. Robert Jenkins, Vice President, has garnered far more respect as a lawmaker and politician and has high morals. Add to that being an evangelical Christian and a man who defends conservative values, and you have a man the President is concerned about. Probin has been told that by using military action he can guarantee being re-elected by reversing global warming. The idea is mad and Jenkins knows it but can he stop it from happening? He has just one week to save the world – the most dangerous week in his life – but can he do it? Volcanic Winter by Mark Rutherford is one of the most exciting, edge-of-your-seat stories I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Filled with current storylines, it exposes the political system perfectly in a story of high-octane thrills and spills. It is a scientific story but Mark has taken the time to ensure the non-scientific amongst us fully understand everything. The plot is thick with action and twists with a plot that engages you right from the start. A tense tale, the characters are brilliantly developed as real people in a storyline that we all know could very well happen at any time – nothing is beyond the realms of possibility anymore! Thoroughly enjoyed this and fully recommended it for anyone who wants to lose themselves in a novel that won't let go of you until the last page. Looking forward to reading more from Mark Rutherford in the future.
