Clive Hallam

Operation Thunderhead Clive Hallam

Publisher Marketing: Syrian suicide bombers decimate Turkish forces guarding a water extraction facility in the Anatolian Massif ... US Special Forces sabotage the opening of Mumbai's new water desalination plant ... US trawlers kill African fishermen in the Mid-Atlantic as both sides hunt down depleting fish stocks. Control is everything and America is intent on securing it. The government is willing to do anything to maintain influence, even controlling people's minds, to ensure they stay one step ahead. Max Stoller, computer visionary, and the Bill Gates of the 21st Century, seems only too ready to oblige but who manages him when things go wrong. The world is on the verge of an environmental apocalypse, mankind is spiralling out of control as America faces up to challenges from old friends and seeks new alliances in its bid to control the inevitable. Earth is running out of stocks, the climate is changing and humanity might not have the ten years the US wants to find out how bad the situation really is. Europe wants to stop the rot now and the Cairo Environment Summit becomes the focus of the planet's attention as Old and New Worlds lock horns. One man, George Aspen, has the solution but can he get there in time or will they eliminate him like they did his friend? For Detective Gary Knight the case of the Admiral's death appeared open and closed until he saw people die on both sides of the divide. Now it's a race to stop the slaughter, rest control and save the planet from ultimate disaster.