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The hotly-anticipated sequel to 2022 Sunday Times Thriller of the Year The Coming Darknesssees the return of hero Alexandre Lamarque.
He may have prevented the world from falling into ruin, but Alex knows his work is not done yet.
There’s still a controlling intelligence out there, pulling together the strands of a new and even more destructive conspiracy.
Battling with personal tragedy on one hand, and the intrusion of new-found celebrity on the other, Alex must re-emerge from self-imposed exile to reunite with Mariam – the woman he loves – and Amaury – his truest friend – to face the fight of their lives.
From the streets of Paris, the lithium mines of southern Mali, and the mighty Aswan Dam, they come up against forces whose intentions are as devious as they are malign. Time is against them, and there’s more at stake than ever.
He may have prevented the world from falling into ruin, but Alex knows his work is not done yet.
There’s still a controlling intelligence out there, pulling together the strands of a new and even more destructive conspiracy.
Battling with personal tragedy on one hand, and the intrusion of new-found celebrity on the other, Alex must re-emerge from self-imposed exile to reunite with Mariam – the woman he loves – and Amaury – his truest friend – to face the fight of their lives.
From the streets of Paris, the lithium mines of southern Mali, and the mighty Aswan Dam, they come up against forces whose intentions are as devious as they are malign. Time is against them, and there’s more at stake than ever.
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Published April 25, 2024
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April 27, 2024
The Coming Storm is the sequel to the bestselling The Coming Darkness. Set in 2037 in a world fundamentally affected by climate change, it sees the return of intelligence agent, Alexandre Lamarque. The opening chapters provide a brief introduction to the main characters, including Mariam Jordane, the woman Alex is in love with, and his friend and colleague, Amaury Barry, plus a brief recap on what happened in the first book. Even I who read the first book was grateful for this. Although The Coming Storm could be read as a standalone, I would recommend reading The Coming Darkness first. Apart from anything else, it’s a terrific book.
Whereas in the first book the target of the fanatical cult known as The Coming Darkness was the technological interconnectedness so vital to the world’s functioning, this time it’s the globe’s energy sources.
As in the first book, there’s some great world building. People have access to high tech personal devices and autonomous transport but there is also constant surveillence and state imposed curfews. Society has become highly stratified. Money can buy you effective air conditioning but it can’t protect you from the global effects of climate change – rising sea levels, cities obliterated by flooding – or incurable viruses.
‘Alex thought about thirst and drought, the wars being waged over natural resources, surreptitiously or overtly, in several dozen countries of the globe. He thought about hunger and transgenic disease, about the growing populations of Blanks, the non-persons living outside full citizenship. He thought about over-population and under-population – too many people in total, too few young people to service the swelling number of the aged.’
The short chapters keep the pace and the tension high, with storylines featuring different characters often running in parallel. Every good conspiracy thriller needs an enigmatic, unnamed character directing events from afar, and The Coming Storm doesn’t disappoint in this respect.
Amongst Alex’s gifts are what he describes as ‘a kind of hyperawareness’ and an ability to see patterns and make connections between seemingly random events. When he, Mariam and Amaury find themselves in different parts of the world – Mariam because of a personal tragedy and Amaury because of an official posting – he has a sense of foreboding. So does Mariam. ‘What if we die, each of us, so far apart?’ It turns out they’re right to be fearful. They all find themselves in danger zones, surrounded by those whose fanaticism means they have no fear of death, in fact often positively welcome it.
It has to be said the author is pretty ruthless about disposing of characters, sometimes in quite bizarre ways, and leaving others, having defied the odds, in precarious situations. Setting things up for the next book? I hope so.
The Coming Storm is a compelling thriller set in a scarily possible future in which the action comes thick and fast.
Whereas in the first book the target of the fanatical cult known as The Coming Darkness was the technological interconnectedness so vital to the world’s functioning, this time it’s the globe’s energy sources.
As in the first book, there’s some great world building. People have access to high tech personal devices and autonomous transport but there is also constant surveillence and state imposed curfews. Society has become highly stratified. Money can buy you effective air conditioning but it can’t protect you from the global effects of climate change – rising sea levels, cities obliterated by flooding – or incurable viruses.
‘Alex thought about thirst and drought, the wars being waged over natural resources, surreptitiously or overtly, in several dozen countries of the globe. He thought about hunger and transgenic disease, about the growing populations of Blanks, the non-persons living outside full citizenship. He thought about over-population and under-population – too many people in total, too few young people to service the swelling number of the aged.’
The short chapters keep the pace and the tension high, with storylines featuring different characters often running in parallel. Every good conspiracy thriller needs an enigmatic, unnamed character directing events from afar, and The Coming Storm doesn’t disappoint in this respect.
Amongst Alex’s gifts are what he describes as ‘a kind of hyperawareness’ and an ability to see patterns and make connections between seemingly random events. When he, Mariam and Amaury find themselves in different parts of the world – Mariam because of a personal tragedy and Amaury because of an official posting – he has a sense of foreboding. So does Mariam. ‘What if we die, each of us, so far apart?’ It turns out they’re right to be fearful. They all find themselves in danger zones, surrounded by those whose fanaticism means they have no fear of death, in fact often positively welcome it.
It has to be said the author is pretty ruthless about disposing of characters, sometimes in quite bizarre ways, and leaving others, having defied the odds, in precarious situations. Setting things up for the next book? I hope so.
The Coming Storm is a compelling thriller set in a scarily possible future in which the action comes thick and fast.
May 17, 2024
It's a difficult task to write a sequel to a successful thriller and make it work as a standalone novel - sadly, this wasn't achieved well with The Coming Storm. It follows Greg Mosse's generally well received The Coming Darkness, a near future SF thriller set in a dystopian 2037 where both climate change and rampant infections have made the world a far less pleasant place and a worldwide conspiracy sets out to wreck modern civilisation.
Unfortunately, this book is way too slow to get started. Most of the first half of the book is just the three principle characters recovering from their exertions in the previous book. Admittedly there are a couple of assassination attempts, but mostly this is decidedly tedious. To make matters worse, the writing style can be a touch amateurish. In just a few pages, a characters hire car is described as a 'powerful EV saloon three times'. And some of the attempts at inner monologue are cringeworthy. For example we get the mind-numbing 'Of course, officially it was tomorrow because it was after midnight, but it was also still yesterday because she hadn't yet been to bed.'
To make matters worse, there are far too many characters introduced to keep on top of them all. As for the SF element, there are some interesting ideas, though it's hard to believe than in just 13 years climate change and new infectious diseases will have had such a severe effect on everyones' lives. There is also one big flaw in the tech - the only mobile devices seem to be next generation smartwatches, which given the limitations of both battery life and screen size seems highly unlikely. Mosse tries to get round this by giving them Star Wars-style projected holograms. But it isn't a great way to read a document... and kind of misses the reality that Star Wars is fantasy - you can't project a hologram onto empty space.
It's not all bad and I did persevere to the end. In the last few chapters we get an impressively engaging build up to a big finish. Suddenly it is tense - there is a lot at stake. And I like the way the book centres on the French secret service, rather than UK or US versions, giving it an exotic feel. Unfortunately, though, after that build-up the book doesn't have ending. I'd go as far as saying it doesn't work as a novel at all - it's like a TV filler episode between episode 1 and episode 3.
If you've not read the first book (like me), this isn't great standalone - if you have and wanted an action-packed sequel it's a big let down. The series could recover with a powerful third entry, but this addition is disappointing.
Unfortunately, this book is way too slow to get started. Most of the first half of the book is just the three principle characters recovering from their exertions in the previous book. Admittedly there are a couple of assassination attempts, but mostly this is decidedly tedious. To make matters worse, the writing style can be a touch amateurish. In just a few pages, a characters hire car is described as a 'powerful EV saloon three times'. And some of the attempts at inner monologue are cringeworthy. For example we get the mind-numbing 'Of course, officially it was tomorrow because it was after midnight, but it was also still yesterday because she hadn't yet been to bed.'
To make matters worse, there are far too many characters introduced to keep on top of them all. As for the SF element, there are some interesting ideas, though it's hard to believe than in just 13 years climate change and new infectious diseases will have had such a severe effect on everyones' lives. There is also one big flaw in the tech - the only mobile devices seem to be next generation smartwatches, which given the limitations of both battery life and screen size seems highly unlikely. Mosse tries to get round this by giving them Star Wars-style projected holograms. But it isn't a great way to read a document... and kind of misses the reality that Star Wars is fantasy - you can't project a hologram onto empty space.
It's not all bad and I did persevere to the end. In the last few chapters we get an impressively engaging build up to a big finish. Suddenly it is tense - there is a lot at stake. And I like the way the book centres on the French secret service, rather than UK or US versions, giving it an exotic feel. Unfortunately, though, after that build-up the book doesn't have ending. I'd go as far as saying it doesn't work as a novel at all - it's like a TV filler episode between episode 1 and episode 3.
If you've not read the first book (like me), this isn't great standalone - if you have and wanted an action-packed sequel it's a big let down. The series could recover with a powerful third entry, but this addition is disappointing.
July 20, 2025
3.25 stars
I enjoyed the first book in this series, The Coming Darkness, which I found as a review copy by chance in a free book giveaway. I was planning on picking the sequel up anyway when I unexpectedly found it in a charity shop for a euro.
Unfortunately, I didn't connect with book two in the same way that I did with the first book. In many ways, it felt a bit like rehashing book one, with similar plot points, conspiracies, and trajectories. I mean, the book ends in another dramatic airplane crash! Annoyingly, it also ends on a cliffhanger...
I found the writing drier than the first book (already a week point of the first book), and the lack of connection meant the stakes felt lower. I struggled to keep track of some of the characters, and didn;t love that the dream team of Alex, Miriam, and Amaury never really appeared on the page at the same time in the book.
I didn't really get the point of the Coming Storm conspiracy, which just felt like version 2.0 of the Coming Darkness conspiracy. How did they put a second version of the conspiracy into action so quickly after being foiled in book one?
I do find the "near future" a fascinating idea, and thought that the focus on corrupt energy a potent and pointed choice. I like the short chapters, I just thought that the pressure I felt in book one was missing here.
But with so many cliffhangers, I'll still probably read book three when it eventually comes out...
I enjoyed the first book in this series, The Coming Darkness, which I found as a review copy by chance in a free book giveaway. I was planning on picking the sequel up anyway when I unexpectedly found it in a charity shop for a euro.
Unfortunately, I didn't connect with book two in the same way that I did with the first book. In many ways, it felt a bit like rehashing book one, with similar plot points, conspiracies, and trajectories. I mean, the book ends in another dramatic airplane crash! Annoyingly, it also ends on a cliffhanger...
I found the writing drier than the first book (already a week point of the first book), and the lack of connection meant the stakes felt lower. I struggled to keep track of some of the characters, and didn;t love that the dream team of Alex, Miriam, and Amaury never really appeared on the page at the same time in the book.
I didn't really get the point of the Coming Storm conspiracy, which just felt like version 2.0 of the Coming Darkness conspiracy. How did they put a second version of the conspiracy into action so quickly after being foiled in book one?
I do find the "near future" a fascinating idea, and thought that the focus on corrupt energy a potent and pointed choice. I like the short chapters, I just thought that the pressure I felt in book one was missing here.
But with so many cliffhangers, I'll still probably read book three when it eventually comes out...
April 25, 2024
The Coming Storm by Greg Mosse.
The Coming Darkness 2.
the return of special agent Alexandre Lamarque. He may have saved the world from darkness, but he knows his work is not done yet. There’s still a terrorist threat out there, pulling together the strands of a new and even more destructive conspiracy to bring the world to its knees.
I really did enjoy this book. I did like the cover. The chapters were short, and I got into it straight away. Even though this is book 2, I still got into it. I read this in 2 sittings. I did like Alexandre. Full of twists and turns. Gripped from the start. Omg. I do hope there is more to come with that ending. 4*.
The Coming Darkness 2.
the return of special agent Alexandre Lamarque. He may have saved the world from darkness, but he knows his work is not done yet. There’s still a terrorist threat out there, pulling together the strands of a new and even more destructive conspiracy to bring the world to its knees.
I really did enjoy this book. I did like the cover. The chapters were short, and I got into it straight away. Even though this is book 2, I still got into it. I read this in 2 sittings. I did like Alexandre. Full of twists and turns. Gripped from the start. Omg. I do hope there is more to come with that ending. 4*.
March 4, 2024
Okay. So I will start by saying that this is book two in the series and I have not read book one. No surprises there as I often do things like that but, that said, I do think that for proper enjoyment of the books, and to understand the situation faced by our protagonists a little quicker, then it is probably better to have started at the beginning. I still followed the action, and the story, quite easily, but I think having the backstory for the lead characters, and in terms of establishing the status quo for the near future setting would have meant settling into the book a little earlier. That's obviously personal preference, and if you are returning to the series after reading The Coming Darkness, no worries for you.
This is, ostensibly, a book about the world in the aftermath of a failed eco-terrorism plot which has interrupted the all too connected world, but left countries on high alert. Our protagonist, Alex Lamarque, is billed as 'the man who saved the world' but the nature of those endeavours are never fully recapped in the book, so no risk of spoilers if you do read out of order. There is enough to allow you to follow the story though, and, ultimately, this is a brand new day and a brand new level of threat for Alex and his colleagues, lover, Mariam, and friend, Amaury to contend with. It seems that whatever foe they had been fighting before has not given up and they are seeking out new ways to destroy the world and force a whole environmental and sociological reset.
The book is set in the near future, with some of the action deriving from events and changes which occur right on the cusp of our current times. The globe has continued its journey towards environmental disaster, with global temperatures climbing, and more countries being lost to rising sea levels and natural disasters. But whilst the environment is clearly a feature of the book, it's not the dominating factor, the story tending more to espionage, terrorism and intrigue as Alex and co try to fathom the nature of the threat against them. Although it took me a little while to settle into the story - not fully knowing the characters and the backstory being a little bit of a hinderance here - once I fell into stride with them all, I was really drawn in, the pace of the action and the air of mystery and mistrust capturing my attention.
I liked Alex as a character. He's observant, focused and perhaps not the most charming of characters I've read, but there is something about his sense of duty, and his wariness or mistrust of those around him, that sat well with me. And as this is a book packed with subterfuge, misdirection and betrayal, as well as a few unexpected turns of events, his determination was exactly what was needed. It contrasted greatly with his colleagues, lost in a mixture of melancholy and recklessness, but which, when combined, made the story all the more compelling.
There are some very key events which occur in this book that actually leave readers on somewhat of a cliff hanger, so it's one of those that, if you want to know what is going to happen, you're going to have to read whatever comes next too. The story does pose some interesting questions though, situations that make you think about how much we rely on technology to maintain our existence and what might happen if half of this data is suddenly gone. With events which mirror real life - pandemics and viruses, catastrophic climate change enabled by the decision of governments to just allow global warming to nudge that fraction higher in terms of acceptability - there is a real sense of possibility and worrying plausibility about this book. A truly gripping read, it might not be such a work of fiction after all.
This is, ostensibly, a book about the world in the aftermath of a failed eco-terrorism plot which has interrupted the all too connected world, but left countries on high alert. Our protagonist, Alex Lamarque, is billed as 'the man who saved the world' but the nature of those endeavours are never fully recapped in the book, so no risk of spoilers if you do read out of order. There is enough to allow you to follow the story though, and, ultimately, this is a brand new day and a brand new level of threat for Alex and his colleagues, lover, Mariam, and friend, Amaury to contend with. It seems that whatever foe they had been fighting before has not given up and they are seeking out new ways to destroy the world and force a whole environmental and sociological reset.
The book is set in the near future, with some of the action deriving from events and changes which occur right on the cusp of our current times. The globe has continued its journey towards environmental disaster, with global temperatures climbing, and more countries being lost to rising sea levels and natural disasters. But whilst the environment is clearly a feature of the book, it's not the dominating factor, the story tending more to espionage, terrorism and intrigue as Alex and co try to fathom the nature of the threat against them. Although it took me a little while to settle into the story - not fully knowing the characters and the backstory being a little bit of a hinderance here - once I fell into stride with them all, I was really drawn in, the pace of the action and the air of mystery and mistrust capturing my attention.
I liked Alex as a character. He's observant, focused and perhaps not the most charming of characters I've read, but there is something about his sense of duty, and his wariness or mistrust of those around him, that sat well with me. And as this is a book packed with subterfuge, misdirection and betrayal, as well as a few unexpected turns of events, his determination was exactly what was needed. It contrasted greatly with his colleagues, lost in a mixture of melancholy and recklessness, but which, when combined, made the story all the more compelling.
There are some very key events which occur in this book that actually leave readers on somewhat of a cliff hanger, so it's one of those that, if you want to know what is going to happen, you're going to have to read whatever comes next too. The story does pose some interesting questions though, situations that make you think about how much we rely on technology to maintain our existence and what might happen if half of this data is suddenly gone. With events which mirror real life - pandemics and viruses, catastrophic climate change enabled by the decision of governments to just allow global warming to nudge that fraction higher in terms of acceptability - there is a real sense of possibility and worrying plausibility about this book. A truly gripping read, it might not be such a work of fiction after all.
May 6, 2024
Having saved the world from disaster in The Coming Darkness, special agent Alexandre Lamarque and fellow operatives, his lover, Mariam Jordane, and close friend, Amaury Barra, have been ordered to lie low. This is harder than anticipated given the fame that comes with the widely circulated stories of their heroic deeds, as it not only makes them of great interest to journalists hungry for headlines, but also those who seek revenge for the plans they foiled. Alex knows that this job is far from finished, but tracing the threads of conspiracy that linger is extremely difficult now he cannot operate from the shadows, even with his remarkable powers of intuition.
As Alex and his team gradually get back to work, they must navigate a whole new set of pressures. They are taken on different paths around the world as their personal lives become caught up with their professional duties, and it becomes clear that the fate of the world lies in their hands once again. A storm is coming, and the clock is counting down...
Picking up the threads of the rollicking first part of this series, The Coming Darkness (which you should read before this book), Greg Mosse pitches Alex Lamarque against enemies who are even more devious than the shady Tabula Rosa organisation. Marked by personal tragedies, and trying to keep out of the public eye, Alex, Mariam and Amaury are sent in separate directions this time around, each with their own role to play in different parts of the globe.
The disparate threads unfurl with a simmering slow-burn, reaching boiling point only in the final stretch of the book, and Mosse touches on a veritable feast of themes through the twisting plotlines he contrives for Alex, Mariam, and Amaury - and the characters holding the fort back home. There is less of the team-work I enjoyed in the first book, but I liked that Mariam and Amaury get much meatier parts to play in the overall story as a result.
With luscious descriptions of location, and plenty to get your teeth into around the motivations of the characters, there is a lot to occupy your attention in the near future Alex inhabits, where the global impact of climate change is starting to bite. Mosse delves into water politics; complex relationships between corporate organisations and governments; the secretive plans of those who wish to protect themselves while the world burns; and the aims of terrorists vs peaceful protesters. There is some very thought provoking stuff here about what it really takes to build and run a successful survivalist stronghold in the face of extinction level events too.
This very much has the feel of a second book in a trilogy, maintaining a constant menacing pitch before smacking you full in the face with bold moves and emotional surprises in the final swathes of the story, in order to pull you into book three... which I really hope comes soon, as I need to know what happens next!
As Alex and his team gradually get back to work, they must navigate a whole new set of pressures. They are taken on different paths around the world as their personal lives become caught up with their professional duties, and it becomes clear that the fate of the world lies in their hands once again. A storm is coming, and the clock is counting down...
Picking up the threads of the rollicking first part of this series, The Coming Darkness (which you should read before this book), Greg Mosse pitches Alex Lamarque against enemies who are even more devious than the shady Tabula Rosa organisation. Marked by personal tragedies, and trying to keep out of the public eye, Alex, Mariam and Amaury are sent in separate directions this time around, each with their own role to play in different parts of the globe.
The disparate threads unfurl with a simmering slow-burn, reaching boiling point only in the final stretch of the book, and Mosse touches on a veritable feast of themes through the twisting plotlines he contrives for Alex, Mariam, and Amaury - and the characters holding the fort back home. There is less of the team-work I enjoyed in the first book, but I liked that Mariam and Amaury get much meatier parts to play in the overall story as a result.
With luscious descriptions of location, and plenty to get your teeth into around the motivations of the characters, there is a lot to occupy your attention in the near future Alex inhabits, where the global impact of climate change is starting to bite. Mosse delves into water politics; complex relationships between corporate organisations and governments; the secretive plans of those who wish to protect themselves while the world burns; and the aims of terrorists vs peaceful protesters. There is some very thought provoking stuff here about what it really takes to build and run a successful survivalist stronghold in the face of extinction level events too.
This very much has the feel of a second book in a trilogy, maintaining a constant menacing pitch before smacking you full in the face with bold moves and emotional surprises in the final swathes of the story, in order to pull you into book three... which I really hope comes soon, as I need to know what happens next!
April 25, 2024
‘The Coming Storm’ is gripping read, that makes the reader question how much is fact rather than fiction, is packed full of action and I devoured it! I loved ‘The Coming Darkness’ and I was very excited to pick this one up and it definitely did not disappoint, it whets the appetite for more. I would normally say you can pick up any book as a stand-alone but in this case I do think it would be preferential to have read the first book before coming into this one. Don’t get me wrong you can pick this up as a new reader but your reading experience would be enhanced if you knew the plot from the first one, plus it’s a cracking read, so win-win!
We pick up with our protagonists not long after the events in the first book, they are still convalescing and now that the results of the attacks are becoming clearer, they realise that there is still work to be done. The world now see Alex as ‘the man who saved the world’, Mariam and Amaury, his partner and friend and colleagues are also about to get back to work. The major threat might have been stopped but there will always be those who still believe in the cause and will continue to try and uproot society in any way they can.
When I read the first book I don’t think I had heard of the term ‘cli-Fi’ thriller but I definitely have now and ‘The Coming Storm’ fits this genre to a tea. It’s set in the near future and the world is still running head first into climate change and the environment disaster it brings. The majority of the action, reactions etc boil down to being a result of the effects of climate change. We are seeing it from an espionage perspective, however, which is a unique take on this type of plot line. In a way we are seeing the results of our actions now and it poses many questions for the reader to ponder on. There is a real sense of this is what might come, if we don’t change our actions now.
If you thought Alex was wary in the first book, his senses are on high alert in this book! He doesn’t go anywhere without first scoping out the location, the environment near him and whether there is danger present. Reader, there is always danger present! (That sentence should come with an order to read it in the voice of Arrested Developments narrator!) Alex is a brilliant protagonist, he is focused, observant and willing to get the job done no matter what. Mariam is the same, but her story this time focuses on her personal life and Amaury is given the task of being the ‘public face’ of the team. Of course, all their stories end up intertwining and racing to a thrilling ending! I am now desperate to know what happens as that ending…
Let me know if you pick this one up!
We pick up with our protagonists not long after the events in the first book, they are still convalescing and now that the results of the attacks are becoming clearer, they realise that there is still work to be done. The world now see Alex as ‘the man who saved the world’, Mariam and Amaury, his partner and friend and colleagues are also about to get back to work. The major threat might have been stopped but there will always be those who still believe in the cause and will continue to try and uproot society in any way they can.
When I read the first book I don’t think I had heard of the term ‘cli-Fi’ thriller but I definitely have now and ‘The Coming Storm’ fits this genre to a tea. It’s set in the near future and the world is still running head first into climate change and the environment disaster it brings. The majority of the action, reactions etc boil down to being a result of the effects of climate change. We are seeing it from an espionage perspective, however, which is a unique take on this type of plot line. In a way we are seeing the results of our actions now and it poses many questions for the reader to ponder on. There is a real sense of this is what might come, if we don’t change our actions now.
If you thought Alex was wary in the first book, his senses are on high alert in this book! He doesn’t go anywhere without first scoping out the location, the environment near him and whether there is danger present. Reader, there is always danger present! (That sentence should come with an order to read it in the voice of Arrested Developments narrator!) Alex is a brilliant protagonist, he is focused, observant and willing to get the job done no matter what. Mariam is the same, but her story this time focuses on her personal life and Amaury is given the task of being the ‘public face’ of the team. Of course, all their stories end up intertwining and racing to a thrilling ending! I am now desperate to know what happens as that ending…
Let me know if you pick this one up!
April 25, 2024
This is the sequel to The Coming Darkness and sees the return of previous hero Alexander Lamarque
‘He had known from the very first that what they should all fear was Darkness.’
Alex is hailed as a hero, the man who saved the world. We are in a broiling dystopian future, with Lamarque having promised to mop up the remnants of the conspiracy that ended in the coming darkness. Where others see success, he sees threat but with his new found celebrity, his life is leaking into the public domain and he wants to exile himself from that.
‘In the 2030’s the two degrees of average global temperature rise thought to be manageable are anything but that.’
This book makes you feel on edge throughout and I LOVED it! It’s not just the action, which twists and turns and ratchets up the tension as you read but it’s the climate aspect, set in 2037, it shows us a world I don’t recognise, not just the technology but the effects of climate change and this is the scariest part of the book.
‘Could the new web videos promising a ‘Coming Storm’ indicate that some kind of controlling intelligence persisted, more potent even than the dead traitor?’
As well as Alex, we also follow Mariam and Amaury who were with him in the first book. Each have their own story arc and part to play and Mosse threads their stories together with ease.
‘This was, perhaps, the last moment of quiet at the eye of the coming storm.’
I could feel my pulse rising as I read, as the full horror of what was unfolding I read faster and faster, all coming together in a chilling and thrilling climax! I cannot wait for the next book already!
‘He had known from the very first that what they should all fear was Darkness.’
Alex is hailed as a hero, the man who saved the world. We are in a broiling dystopian future, with Lamarque having promised to mop up the remnants of the conspiracy that ended in the coming darkness. Where others see success, he sees threat but with his new found celebrity, his life is leaking into the public domain and he wants to exile himself from that.
‘In the 2030’s the two degrees of average global temperature rise thought to be manageable are anything but that.’
This book makes you feel on edge throughout and I LOVED it! It’s not just the action, which twists and turns and ratchets up the tension as you read but it’s the climate aspect, set in 2037, it shows us a world I don’t recognise, not just the technology but the effects of climate change and this is the scariest part of the book.
‘Could the new web videos promising a ‘Coming Storm’ indicate that some kind of controlling intelligence persisted, more potent even than the dead traitor?’
As well as Alex, we also follow Mariam and Amaury who were with him in the first book. Each have their own story arc and part to play and Mosse threads their stories together with ease.
‘This was, perhaps, the last moment of quiet at the eye of the coming storm.’
I could feel my pulse rising as I read, as the full horror of what was unfolding I read faster and faster, all coming together in a chilling and thrilling climax! I cannot wait for the next book already!
July 26, 2024
Review to follow.
June 22, 2024
If The Empire Strikes Back taught us anything in 1980, it’s that it’s almost impossible to end the second part of an action trilogy without a certain amount of loss and despair.
And so, in The Coming Storm, we have to come to terms with the loss of two of the heroes who saved the world in the first book in Greg Mosse’s ecothriller series, The Coming Darkness. And the other two are in BIG trouble.
How am I going to bear the months and months between finishing this novel and the final instalment???
Three Word Review: not for claustrophobics!
And so, in The Coming Storm, we have to come to terms with the loss of two of the heroes who saved the world in the first book in Greg Mosse’s ecothriller series, The Coming Darkness. And the other two are in BIG trouble.
How am I going to bear the months and months between finishing this novel and the final instalment???
Three Word Review: not for claustrophobics!
May 30, 2024
The second instalment of Mosse's Alex Lamarque series didn't disappoint, but it'll be better if you've read the first book beforehand which sets the scene for global conspiracies in the near future of 2037 in which the world has been ravaged by climate change and pandemics, but life goes on. Africa comes to the fore in this second adventure in which Alex and his colleagues, global heroes for preventing a would-be apocalypse at the end of the first novel must lend their new-found celebrity to promoting a variety of important projects from Mali to the Aswan Dam.
Mosse manages to combine a labyrinthine plot told with literary nous with the high octane thrills you need from a novel of this kind with aplomb, that left me wanting to read more - and he cleverly left openings for further novels in the series.
Mosse manages to combine a labyrinthine plot told with literary nous with the high octane thrills you need from a novel of this kind with aplomb, that left me wanting to read more - and he cleverly left openings for further novels in the series.
May 25, 2024
The Coming Storm is the second book in the Coming Darkness series by Greg Mosse. It is a continuation from the end of The Coming Darkness, and although there are some explanations early in the book to set the scene, it is such a good series that I would recommend you read them in order.
Set in the not too distant future, these novels are scarily realistic, with the focus being on pandemics and viruses, and on climate change and environmental disasters (both natural and man-made). Working for French intelligence, Alex, his partner Mariam and his friend Amaury are all sent in different directions in this novel, in order to address different issues. Mariam’s deployment is for personal reasons, but as a national hero with a new found celebrity status she may still be at risk. In fact all three of them, considered heroes, are all at risk from unknown sources, potentially remnants of the Coming Darkness.
Set in Mali, Egypt and France, there is a cinematic feel to the scenes that are set for each of the three story arcs to develop. The author cleverly transports you between the locations so effortlessly, it becomes an immersive experience as the slow burn of the story suddenly changes up a gear and reaches the climax where everything and everyone is at risk. At the end of the novel, there are significant loose ends which just adds to the anticipation for the third book in the series. Please Greg Mosse, make it soon!
The Coming Storm is an action-packed eco-thriller with dynamic characters, stunning locations and twists and turns that will keep you guessing to the very end.
Set in the not too distant future, these novels are scarily realistic, with the focus being on pandemics and viruses, and on climate change and environmental disasters (both natural and man-made). Working for French intelligence, Alex, his partner Mariam and his friend Amaury are all sent in different directions in this novel, in order to address different issues. Mariam’s deployment is for personal reasons, but as a national hero with a new found celebrity status she may still be at risk. In fact all three of them, considered heroes, are all at risk from unknown sources, potentially remnants of the Coming Darkness.
Set in Mali, Egypt and France, there is a cinematic feel to the scenes that are set for each of the three story arcs to develop. The author cleverly transports you between the locations so effortlessly, it becomes an immersive experience as the slow burn of the story suddenly changes up a gear and reaches the climax where everything and everyone is at risk. At the end of the novel, there are significant loose ends which just adds to the anticipation for the third book in the series. Please Greg Mosse, make it soon!
The Coming Storm is an action-packed eco-thriller with dynamic characters, stunning locations and twists and turns that will keep you guessing to the very end.
May 18, 2024
The first thing I want to say is that this is book 2 in this series, most books you can read as a stand alone but with this one I would highly recommend you read book one first. Because of things that happen early on in this book it will make much more sense to have read book one. Get to know the characters before they are back here. 1it will really make the read that much better. But if you don’t worry about reading books in order then go ahead and read this.
I was lucky enough to be on a blog tour for the first book, so I knew all the characters. However in this book Alex Lamarque is famous seen as the person who saved the world in book 1. Alex is not exactly comfortable with his fame. Why have Amaury, Alex and Mariam been separated and sent to different places in the world?
The story is set in 2037, so some of the things in this novel haven’t been invented yet. I have to say some of the gadgets sound quite handy. Who knows they may be around in 2037. This is a new threat to the last one and it’s up to Alex to work out what is going on and try to stop it. But can he do that. All three wish they were together. Who is keeping the, apart. I found it very hard knowing who to trust and who not to. Because despite this being a new threat, the book focuses on global warming, countries being lost through rising sea levels as well as natural disasters. The story leans towards terrorism espionage and intrigue.
For some reason I found this one slower going than book one, I think it was possibly because the three protagonists have been split up, so the story jumps back and forth to each character and whoever they are with at the time. But can they trust any of the people they are with. I really like Alex he has a good brain and tends to see things two steps ahead most of the time, he wants to be with Mariam the woman he loves.
The last 50 pages completely blew me away, I was shouting at the book, as one thing after another happened, I couldn’t believe what the author has done.The story takes the reader through the streets of Paris, to lithium mines in Southern Mali, as well as the Aswan Dam. If you think how technology has changed in the last 20/30 years how much can change in the next 13 years. We already rely on the majority of technology, Take away a phone and WiFi and people would struggle nowadays to even have a conversation because we have become so wrapped up in our devices. What will the next technology be? After all they are already working on self driving cars, I believe they are actually being used in parts of the world.
I was lucky enough to be on a blog tour for the first book, so I knew all the characters. However in this book Alex Lamarque is famous seen as the person who saved the world in book 1. Alex is not exactly comfortable with his fame. Why have Amaury, Alex and Mariam been separated and sent to different places in the world?
The story is set in 2037, so some of the things in this novel haven’t been invented yet. I have to say some of the gadgets sound quite handy. Who knows they may be around in 2037. This is a new threat to the last one and it’s up to Alex to work out what is going on and try to stop it. But can he do that. All three wish they were together. Who is keeping the, apart. I found it very hard knowing who to trust and who not to. Because despite this being a new threat, the book focuses on global warming, countries being lost through rising sea levels as well as natural disasters. The story leans towards terrorism espionage and intrigue.
For some reason I found this one slower going than book one, I think it was possibly because the three protagonists have been split up, so the story jumps back and forth to each character and whoever they are with at the time. But can they trust any of the people they are with. I really like Alex he has a good brain and tends to see things two steps ahead most of the time, he wants to be with Mariam the woman he loves.
The last 50 pages completely blew me away, I was shouting at the book, as one thing after another happened, I couldn’t believe what the author has done.The story takes the reader through the streets of Paris, to lithium mines in Southern Mali, as well as the Aswan Dam. If you think how technology has changed in the last 20/30 years how much can change in the next 13 years. We already rely on the majority of technology, Take away a phone and WiFi and people would struggle nowadays to even have a conversation because we have become so wrapped up in our devices. What will the next technology be? After all they are already working on self driving cars, I believe they are actually being used in parts of the world.
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