Thirst

SKU: 9780297869290
Thirst

Thirst

SKU: 9780297869290
Author: Giles Foden
C-Format·Ages 18+
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At a glance

✨ Mood
Atmospheric, intense, thought-provoking
⏳ Pace
Steady, immersive
🌿 Atmosphere
African landscape, harsh, vividly real
💭 Themes
Survival, climate, ambition, human limits
🧠 Depth
Intellectual, character-driven
💬 Hook
In a world shaped by water scarcity, one man’s ambition collides with nature’s unforgiving reality.
👥 Perfect For
Fans of The Last King of Scotland, Africa-set fiction
📖 Readers Who’ll Love This
Readers who enjoy atmospheric, idea-driven stories exploring environment, ambition, and human resilience

Cat Brosnan, a young scientist, has just arrived, aiming to track down a much-needed water source believed to lie hidden within this vast and hostile landscape.


Six years before, the search for that same fabled aquifer had led Cat's own mother to abandon her daughter in Ireland, never to be heard of again.


Now Cat is ready to find out what happened to her mother, to succeed where she failed and finally discover the whereabouts of a freshwater reserve hidden under sand and rock.


But she's not the only one looking for the aquifer: mining corporations want it, foreign governments too, never mind all those others who need it just to survive.


In a world of sand, sun and water wars, the aquifer begins to seem like a fantasy, Cat's quest for it a mission to find her own true self.

Book details

Format
C-Format
Reading age
18+
Pages
304
Publisher
Orion Books
Published
7 November 2024
Language
English
ISBN
9780297869290

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