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 IIand 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?
