Thore D. Hansen
And suddenly the nightmare is real!
Behind closed doors, scientist Tom Bayer developed the Phoenix program, which is also controversial in the IPCC. It calls for the abolition of world trade and globalization, as well as climate engineering, a complete conversion of agriculture, rigorous birth control, artificial protection of the polar caps, and gigantic reforestation projects - all of which are serious interventions in people's usual lives. It's no wonder that the world's governments don't want to know anything about it. After another failed climate conference, Tom is withdrawing from the IPCC.
Tom's brother Robert is a large-scale farmer in northern Germany. His land is suffering from drought and he himself is addicted to alcohol. The dissimilar brothers are separated by an old family conflict, while their equally dissimilar daughters become friends. In Germany, Tom decides to go public with his list of demands, triggering a media witch hunt. The disputes between climate deniers and climate activists are becoming increasingly violent. Brother Robert is not the only one who sees his economic existence threatened and loses himself in conspiracy theories. While the issue of climate change divides the brothers, the daughters stand between the irreconcilable siblings and demand their future.
Suddenly, the long-predicted climate catastrophe has become a reality. A tremendous heat wave is sweeping across Europe; power outages and fires are bringing public life to a standstill, and tens of thousands of people are threatened with heat death.
Disaster management fails. Left alone on Robert's farm in East Germany, the Beyer family fights for physical survival and has to face their demons. With the ruins in front of them, everyone knows that something has to be done. Will the daughters become activists for an epochal change, will the Phoenix program prevail?
About the novel
Thore D. Hansen in an interview
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press reviews
"Thore D. Hansen develops a dynamic family story that stretches from the North German lowlands to the top of the IPCC. In the scenario of an extreme heatwave in Europe, the protagonists and their ideals, abysses and drives of human action and inaction collide in a small space. Realistic and frighteningly current."
Prof. Dr. Andreas Oschlies (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)
When it comes to climate change and its consequences, Hansen, who has previously written several realistic thrillers, has done his homework.
"Climate Fiction: What happens when the climate catastrophe suddenly occurs? The German author and journalist Thore D. Hansen has a lot to say in his current work and always stays close to reality."
Heat deaths and burning forests: In Thore D. Hansen's current novel "Dew Point," the predicted climate catastrophe is reality. He used to be a press spokesman for banks, but today the author, who lives in Austria, mainly writes political thrillers.
»Taupunkt seems like the literary counterpart to Ulrike Herrmann's "The End of Capitalism" (ID-A 39/22). A highly topical book worth reading.«
Marius Müller | ekz, 2023/07
Author Thore D. Hansen in an interview: “Stopping climate change? We can forget about that.”
About Thore D. Hansen
The political scientist and sociologist Thore D. Hansen is known as the author of numerous political thrillers and for his commitment to the greatest challenge of our time: climate change.
His books are based on intensive research and scientific facts.
In 2017, Hansen published a biography of the secretary to Reich Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, which places her in the context of contemporary political developments. The book has been translated into 20 languages worldwide. Hansen is a member of PEN Germany and a founding member of PEN Berlin.
