ISBN-13: 9783319306216 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 282 str.
ISBN-13: 9783319306216 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 282 str.
Explore shattering ethical, political and practical quagmires in this gripping ecological thriller. A tense plot deals with devastating scientific, secret intelligence and geopolitical issues. You alright, Professor? Mal asked in a whisper.
Yeah, I ll be alright.
World renowned ecologist, UCLA Professor David Lev, aged 84, has just begun a contemporary odyssey. From delivering a plenary address on climate change at the Rio+20 UN Summit, he must prevail on a journey through sub-zero hurricane-force gales, impenetrable bogs and twelve foot drifts of ice in the forests of Belarus. Along the way, Lev s journey directs us to consider such profound questions as: Are we our Brother s Keeper? What are the ethical limits of science? And, finally, at what price, glory? It is not only Lev s story that is the key to this page-turner but also an account from the days of World War II and the Holocaust, which hinges on survival. A constellation of richly nuanced, deeply drawn characters whose enmeshed lives and unique circumstances speak with resonance, melancholy, inspiration and unrelenting drama are all part of this complex and thought-provoking novel - including cutting-edge biochemist Dr Taman Chernichevsky. What has he discovered?"