Part of NUMA Files, book 10
First published 2012
A NUMA research vessel burns in the Indian Ocean after a swarm of black particles kills its crew. The particles move like army ants and strike at sunset while the team collects water samples. Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala arrive hours later to investigate the smoking wreckage. What they discover on the destroyed ship leads them to uncover a massive conspiracy. Someone has developed a scheme to change weather patterns across the entire planet. The plan will cause millions of deaths and has already started. Austin and Zavala must stop this global threat before it reaches full scale. They face their most dangerous mission yet as they race against a plot that could reshape the world's climate forever.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: race-against-time, save-the-world
Setting: Indian Ocean, NUMA
404 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons