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Climatized
Maxine Ford, having resigned as deputy director of the States intelligence Agency, soon needed an outlet for her innate sleuthing capabilities. It only made sense that she would be destined to establish her own investigative firm. Naturally, her stellar clients would be among the Washington elite, including senators, members of the various congressional committees, along with other high profilers inside the beltway.
In the first novel in the series, Climatized, Max is hired by the wife of a prominent Senator to determine the cause of his untimely death. It leads her to discover that three world-renowned scientists had been killed days before they were scheduled to testify before the late Senator's investigative committee. Meanwhile, a fourth scientist has gone missing. Max determines he is the key to unearthing the motives behind the deaths. Following the many twists and turns, Max and her associate, Jackson Monroe uncover a powerful organization responsible for the killings. The challenges to the global warming "cottage industry" heats up putting into question the alleged science behind the widely accepted climate change dogma. Cogent evidence is provided to the president, forcing him to make a crucial decision-to cover up a diabolical plot-or bring down a multi-trillion-dollar world-wide economy.
In the first novel in the series, Climatized, Max is hired by the wife of a prominent Senator to determine the cause of his untimely death. It leads her to discover that three world-renowned scientists had been killed days before they were scheduled to testify before the late Senator's investigative committee. Meanwhile, a fourth scientist has gone missing. Max determines he is the key to unearthing the motives behind the deaths. Following the many twists and turns, Max and her associate, Jackson Monroe uncover a powerful organization responsible for the killings. The challenges to the global warming "cottage industry" heats up putting into question the alleged science behind the widely accepted climate change dogma. Cogent evidence is provided to the president, forcing him to make a crucial decision-to cover up a diabolical plot-or bring down a multi-trillion-dollar world-wide economy.
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First published October 4, 2016
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About the author
Sally Fernandez
13 books19 followersIf you relish suspense thrillers with a tinge of conspiracy, you will enjoy Sally Fernandez’ novels. Readers have said she pens riveting plots of intrigue and political awakening, seamlessly blending fact with fiction…or fiction with fact…you be the judge.
As a novelist of provocative political thrillers steeped in facts, she wasn’t always twisting facts with fiction. Heavily endowed with skills acquired in banking, she embarked on her writing career. Fernandez’ focus on computer technology, business consulting, and project management, enhanced by business and technical writing, proved to be a boon. Her books of fiction also reflect the knowledge garnered from her business experiences, while living in New York City, San Francisco, and Hong Kong.
Sally’s foray into writing fiction officially began in 2007 when the presidential election cycle was in full swing. The overwhelming political spin by the media compelled her to question the frightening possibilities the political scene could generate. As a confirmed political junkie, she took to the keyboard armed with unwinding events and discovered a new and exciting career.
The Beekeeper’s Secret, the latest release with multiple five-star reviews, is Sally’s sixth novel and the second in the “Max Ford Thriller” series. It is preceded by the Award-Winning Climatized, soon to be a major motion picture, featuring Maxine Ford as the female protagonist. Her prior series, “The Simon Tetralogy,” is comprised of Brotherhood Beyond the Yard, Noble’s Quest, The Ultimate Revenge and Redemption. Each book provides an exhilarating platform for the next, with a gripping narrative that challenges the reader to put the book down. Her development of the other characters has created a lasting bond between them and the reader, especially now that Max has taken center stage.
A world traveler, Sally has visited every continent and over fifty countries. Her adventure travels with her husband include a scientific expedition in Antarctica, four African safaris, archaeological digs in Majorca and Peru, along with high-altitude treks in Bhutan, Tibet, and Mongolia. Sally and her husband, also the content editor-in-residence, continue to travel extensively throughout the world.
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As a novelist of provocative political thrillers steeped in facts, she wasn’t always twisting facts with fiction. Heavily endowed with skills acquired in banking, she embarked on her writing career. Fernandez’ focus on computer technology, business consulting, and project management, enhanced by business and technical writing, proved to be a boon. Her books of fiction also reflect the knowledge garnered from her business experiences, while living in New York City, San Francisco, and Hong Kong.
Sally’s foray into writing fiction officially began in 2007 when the presidential election cycle was in full swing. The overwhelming political spin by the media compelled her to question the frightening possibilities the political scene could generate. As a confirmed political junkie, she took to the keyboard armed with unwinding events and discovered a new and exciting career.
The Beekeeper’s Secret, the latest release with multiple five-star reviews, is Sally’s sixth novel and the second in the “Max Ford Thriller” series. It is preceded by the Award-Winning Climatized, soon to be a major motion picture, featuring Maxine Ford as the female protagonist. Her prior series, “The Simon Tetralogy,” is comprised of Brotherhood Beyond the Yard, Noble’s Quest, The Ultimate Revenge and Redemption. Each book provides an exhilarating platform for the next, with a gripping narrative that challenges the reader to put the book down. Her development of the other characters has created a lasting bond between them and the reader, especially now that Max has taken center stage.
A world traveler, Sally has visited every continent and over fifty countries. Her adventure travels with her husband include a scientific expedition in Antarctica, four African safaris, archaeological digs in Majorca and Peru, along with high-altitude treks in Bhutan, Tibet, and Mongolia. Sally and her husband, also the content editor-in-residence, continue to travel extensively throughout the world.
Distributed by Ingram Content Group
For Media Inquiries & Subsidiary Rights Contact: Kenney DeCamp, Publicist kdc@sallyforthpublishing.com
All Author Photos by Giovanni Lunardi
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December 28, 2016
Climatized by Sally Fernandez is a mystery thriller that is centered around a huge political conspiracy involving the climate change.
I liked the book as I started reading it, but after around 100 pages the book started to get a bit flat for my taste. The main problem was that there was a lot of "telling" when it came to the main character Maxine Ford. At places, it felt like the author was forcing the reader to like her and to "get" how stud Maxine is. Plus, there was a lot of background info that was packed in the midst of scenes and situations that made the experience a bit overwhelming. I understand that background is necessary, but in this case, it was too much.
And for some unknown reason, I was not able to connect to the main character, Max, at all and hence, I lost interest in reading this book by the 50% mark. I still kept on going, but it was a real slog and I skimmed over pages just to be done with it. The descriptions of the climate stuff were too taxing and were impossible to keep up with, especially for a layman like me who has no idea about the technical stuff related to any of the climatic situations or the measures taken to avoid/stop them.
This book is not for me, but if you like science (or medical) and conspiracy thrillers then this book might impress you because there are a lot of raving reviews and testimonies for this book by a lot of big people (there are a few testimonies by professionals from NASA.) So I'm pretty sure that this book would be a huge hit in the right hands.
You can also read this review at The Reading Bud
I liked the book as I started reading it, but after around 100 pages the book started to get a bit flat for my taste. The main problem was that there was a lot of "telling" when it came to the main character Maxine Ford. At places, it felt like the author was forcing the reader to like her and to "get" how stud Maxine is. Plus, there was a lot of background info that was packed in the midst of scenes and situations that made the experience a bit overwhelming. I understand that background is necessary, but in this case, it was too much.
And for some unknown reason, I was not able to connect to the main character, Max, at all and hence, I lost interest in reading this book by the 50% mark. I still kept on going, but it was a real slog and I skimmed over pages just to be done with it. The descriptions of the climate stuff were too taxing and were impossible to keep up with, especially for a layman like me who has no idea about the technical stuff related to any of the climatic situations or the measures taken to avoid/stop them.
This book is not for me, but if you like science (or medical) and conspiracy thrillers then this book might impress you because there are a lot of raving reviews and testimonies for this book by a lot of big people (there are a few testimonies by professionals from NASA.) So I'm pretty sure that this book would be a huge hit in the right hands.
You can also read this review at The Reading Bud
April 16, 2021
Great story and totally plausible, it certainly gives food for thought as well as a compelling read.
Anyone with any deep interest in climate change should read this.
Anyone with any deep interest in climate change should read this.
October 17, 2017
It’s a tricky thing to lay facts over a fictional canvas to relate a story of such realism. An author who can paint that canvas convincingly enough for the reader to ask, "Did this really happen?", can truly say they’ve created a compelling piece of fiction, especially when the subject is something as hotly contested as global warming. Bringing any clarity to the “climate change” debate is problematic at best when the essence of true science is "denied"; that being, to question everything.
A naturally collaborative enterprise, true science is not validated by consensus. It’s demonstrated to be irrefutable through experimentation. A theory may enjoy the support of many, but it’s still just a theory until it’s proven beyond doubt. When mounting evidence casts suspicion over that theory, and this same evidence is suppressed by powerful forces, it becomes exhilarating fodder for a political thriller.
Global warming skeptics have been threatened for daring to stand up to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as the so-called "climategate" scandal made inroads to delegitimize the anthropogenic global warming theory. But is there any genuine evidence the IPCC was wrong? Despite the many persuasive non-fiction books citing lettered scientists and physicists of standing who validly question the IPCC’s methods, the false narrative "the science is settled" still remains; championed by unqualified politicians and celebrities.
Hollywood is quite adept at utilizing the power of motion pictures to drive home a concrete narrative regardless of its subject or accuracy. They rely on emotional appeal, holding that the exception is the rule and not the other way around. Their views become prone to advancing a preconceived (and ofttimes misleading) agenda. Perhaps, what is needed, is a fresh perspective; where cold, unemotional facts are argued through the adventures and investigation of realistically conceived fictional characters enmeshed in that political thriller.
Enter Sally Fernandez and her latest novel, Climatized.
Fernandez introduces Maxine Ford to the pantheon of fictional sleuths; a dogged investigator who uses her experience within the DC cesspool to press her investigation into places the Barons of the Beltway hoped she wouldn’t go. As former deputy director of the States Intelligence Agency, Max had barely opened her private investigator doors when she runs into activity mere blocks from her office.
The body of Senator Sherman Spark is found on a park bench; an apparent suicide. Yet inexplicably, the capitol police haven’t closed the case. Tied to his death, four scientists using a specific formula (written on the back of a family photo in Spark’s office) have discovered a revelation that could derail the trajectory of climate change funding. One that was supposed to be addressed in senate committee, headed by Spark’s political rival, Senator Winston Erog (Yes, she did. That’s Gore spelled backwards). The first scientist, a Frenchman, is killed in a climbing accident before he can offer testimony to this committee. The second, a Swiss scientist, dies in an apparent traffic accident. The third has a suspected heart attack while eating at a swanky DC restaurant. The identity of the fourth, an Italian scientist whose initials are A.M., remains unknown, to Max and her antagonist.
Engaged by her first client, Isabelle Spark, who believes her husband’s death was no suicide, Max finds herself fighting the very bureaucracy she, herself was a part of. It’s a race against time for Max to determine who silenced Senator Spark and the scientists he invited to the committee before they have the opportunity to silence her. For good.
Though she enjoyed greater access in her previous position as assistant director of the SIA, she’s temporarily stiff-armed by the capitol police chief, an acquaintance named Ray. But Max is not without resources.
She deftly employs her numerous, high-level associations; The reluctant capitol police chief. Her former lover, Stanley Stanton, head of the secret service detail charged with protecting the president. Her current lover and former boss, SIA director Noble Bishop, and finally, her friend and junior partner of her PI firm, ex-CIA agent, Jackson “Jax” Monroe. It is with this array of qualified assistance, Maxine Ford is thrust into a maelstrom of conspiracy, deceit, and murder.
Fernandez successfully intermingles her characters with actual people (with bonafide positions like the former NASA veteran and chairman of The Right Climate Stuff research team, Dr. Harold Doiron and the Hudson Institute’s Dennis T. Avery), presenting established facts with imaginary characters and situations to weave a fictional, action-packed murder mystery. Fernandez’ convincing mix of levity, romance, and action makes for a suspense-filled page turner, whose sobering, real-world consequences provide genuine food for thought. Provided, of course, one has an open mind.
A naturally collaborative enterprise, true science is not validated by consensus. It’s demonstrated to be irrefutable through experimentation. A theory may enjoy the support of many, but it’s still just a theory until it’s proven beyond doubt. When mounting evidence casts suspicion over that theory, and this same evidence is suppressed by powerful forces, it becomes exhilarating fodder for a political thriller.
Global warming skeptics have been threatened for daring to stand up to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as the so-called "climategate" scandal made inroads to delegitimize the anthropogenic global warming theory. But is there any genuine evidence the IPCC was wrong? Despite the many persuasive non-fiction books citing lettered scientists and physicists of standing who validly question the IPCC’s methods, the false narrative "the science is settled" still remains; championed by unqualified politicians and celebrities.
Hollywood is quite adept at utilizing the power of motion pictures to drive home a concrete narrative regardless of its subject or accuracy. They rely on emotional appeal, holding that the exception is the rule and not the other way around. Their views become prone to advancing a preconceived (and ofttimes misleading) agenda. Perhaps, what is needed, is a fresh perspective; where cold, unemotional facts are argued through the adventures and investigation of realistically conceived fictional characters enmeshed in that political thriller.
Enter Sally Fernandez and her latest novel, Climatized.
Fernandez introduces Maxine Ford to the pantheon of fictional sleuths; a dogged investigator who uses her experience within the DC cesspool to press her investigation into places the Barons of the Beltway hoped she wouldn’t go. As former deputy director of the States Intelligence Agency, Max had barely opened her private investigator doors when she runs into activity mere blocks from her office.
The body of Senator Sherman Spark is found on a park bench; an apparent suicide. Yet inexplicably, the capitol police haven’t closed the case. Tied to his death, four scientists using a specific formula (written on the back of a family photo in Spark’s office) have discovered a revelation that could derail the trajectory of climate change funding. One that was supposed to be addressed in senate committee, headed by Spark’s political rival, Senator Winston Erog (Yes, she did. That’s Gore spelled backwards). The first scientist, a Frenchman, is killed in a climbing accident before he can offer testimony to this committee. The second, a Swiss scientist, dies in an apparent traffic accident. The third has a suspected heart attack while eating at a swanky DC restaurant. The identity of the fourth, an Italian scientist whose initials are A.M., remains unknown, to Max and her antagonist.
Engaged by her first client, Isabelle Spark, who believes her husband’s death was no suicide, Max finds herself fighting the very bureaucracy she, herself was a part of. It’s a race against time for Max to determine who silenced Senator Spark and the scientists he invited to the committee before they have the opportunity to silence her. For good.
Though she enjoyed greater access in her previous position as assistant director of the SIA, she’s temporarily stiff-armed by the capitol police chief, an acquaintance named Ray. But Max is not without resources.
She deftly employs her numerous, high-level associations; The reluctant capitol police chief. Her former lover, Stanley Stanton, head of the secret service detail charged with protecting the president. Her current lover and former boss, SIA director Noble Bishop, and finally, her friend and junior partner of her PI firm, ex-CIA agent, Jackson “Jax” Monroe. It is with this array of qualified assistance, Maxine Ford is thrust into a maelstrom of conspiracy, deceit, and murder.
Fernandez successfully intermingles her characters with actual people (with bonafide positions like the former NASA veteran and chairman of The Right Climate Stuff research team, Dr. Harold Doiron and the Hudson Institute’s Dennis T. Avery), presenting established facts with imaginary characters and situations to weave a fictional, action-packed murder mystery. Fernandez’ convincing mix of levity, romance, and action makes for a suspense-filled page turner, whose sobering, real-world consequences provide genuine food for thought. Provided, of course, one has an open mind.
November 13, 2016
Holy conspiracy theory, Batman! Wow. Just Wow. Disclaimer: now, I can't say that Fernandez is an amazing writer. She's not a gift to the literary world. Moreover, some of the plotline is so farfetched that I rolled my eyes--literally. For example, the main character, Max, breaks her leg in a massive (needs surgery to repair) accident, but she is released to get on a plane to fly to Italy? Yeah, right; like that's possible. Oh, and the Army major who can just magically call up the President's helicopter to get Max out of the hospital and over to the international airport. Yeah, right; like that's possible.
Get past that, though, and let your mind look at and ponder the facts. How do I know that any of this is real? Well, some of the folks in her novel are real people--like former NASA physicist, Dr. Harold Doiron, who is the chair of therightclimatestuff.com (a real website). He is a real dude; he even wrote the forward of Climatized. And I know him: he's my Uncle.
Get past that, though, and let your mind look at and ponder the facts. How do I know that any of this is real? Well, some of the folks in her novel are real people--like former NASA physicist, Dr. Harold Doiron, who is the chair of therightclimatestuff.com (a real website). He is a real dude; he even wrote the forward of Climatized. And I know him: he's my Uncle.
February 11, 2017
Gripping and spellbinding
Throughout reading the book, I could not help but ask myself, "What if everything is not as it seems?"
Fernandez has written a book which has fully engaged this reader's mind. I was gripped from the beginning when I met Claus, never dreaming the journey I would take as I continued to read the pages.
From murder and mayhem, to love and romance, to conspiracies and accountabilities, this book has it all.
Even now, after just reading the last page, is it really over, or is it only the way it seems? I can see this book having a sequel. I would certainly be lining up to read it.
Throughout reading the book, I could not help but ask myself, "What if everything is not as it seems?"
Fernandez has written a book which has fully engaged this reader's mind. I was gripped from the beginning when I met Claus, never dreaming the journey I would take as I continued to read the pages.
From murder and mayhem, to love and romance, to conspiracies and accountabilities, this book has it all.
Even now, after just reading the last page, is it really over, or is it only the way it seems? I can see this book having a sequel. I would certainly be lining up to read it.
August 10, 2022
different
characterization interesting. Too detailed, boring information not necessary to the flow. plot sounds more like political propaganda against the greenhouse affect then a novel. not based on facts which is confusing because some info appears based on facts. read with caution and a curios mind.
characterization interesting. Too detailed, boring information not necessary to the flow. plot sounds more like political propaganda against the greenhouse affect then a novel. not based on facts which is confusing because some info appears based on facts. read with caution and a curios mind.
April 15, 2021
Boring
Climate change intrigue that really is nonsensical. Yes there is climate change ,constantly! And stories that purport that humans can somehow make a difference are simply boring!
Climate change intrigue that really is nonsensical. Yes there is climate change ,constantly! And stories that purport that humans can somehow make a difference are simply boring!
March 6, 2022
Thriller with an interesting point of view.
Climate change is happening but what is the cause? Are humans the cause? Contributing to it? Or is it just evolutionary change. That’s the question driving this book and the mystery that needs to be solved.
Climate change is happening but what is the cause? Are humans the cause? Contributing to it? Or is it just evolutionary change. That’s the question driving this book and the mystery that needs to be solved.
July 17, 2022
controversy at its finest
Even though the premise is hopefully a matter of fiction, it was so well written that I could see it happening, very well done indeed!
Even though the premise is hopefully a matter of fiction, it was so well written that I could see it happening, very well done indeed!
October 7, 2022
It did not take me long to realize I was reading a pure work of fiction. Yes. That includes the alternative truth ribbon binding its pages.
July 24, 2021
I enjoyed the first half of the book more than the second half.
June 29, 2022
Awesome read!!
This book is fast moving and believable. Loved Maxine Fords character. I will be reading more of her books and looking forward to it.
This book is fast moving and believable. Loved Maxine Fords character. I will be reading more of her books and looking forward to it.
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