Status Updates From Termination Shock

DNF at 36%. I expected a "hard sci-fi" look at geoengineering, but the promising premise was buried under a mountain of non-essential detail. While the opening was gripping, the story peters out into hundreds of pages of logistical "nonsense"—from Dutch royal etiquette to Himalayan stick fighting. This isn't a focused climate thriller; it’s a 700-page geopolitical slog.