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Scorched Earth: A Thought-Provoking Science Fiction Thriller
Paperback
Series: Mindslip Universe, Book 2
Mystery & ThrillerScience Fiction
Publisher Price: $19.99
ISBN13: 9781036710590
Publisher: Vinci Books Ltd
Published: Jun 16 2026
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.92 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
When a relentless solar crisis dooms Earth, who gets a ticket to the stars? A tense, near-future apocalyptic sci-fi exploring global triage, climate disaster, and a desperate race against time to build humanity's final arks.
The world won't cool. Who gets saved?
Years after the Mindslip, Earth is running a fever that won't break. Satellites fail, coasts empty, and borders harden as heat records fall week after week. Scientist Beth Arnold wants one thing: keep her family safe while the world chooses a future that won't kill it.
Governments and space agencies sketch four imperfect plans. Dig refuges under Antarctica. Expand a moon base. Throw vast resources at stopgap fixes that buy a few scorched years. Or commit to the audacious build of a starship that could carry a fragment of humanity to another sun.
Each path saves some and abandons others. Each demands decisions about who counts. As supplies tighten and protests flare, Beth is pulled into the brutal arithmetic of triage, where every meeting means winners and ghosts.
The countdown is real; the choice will define a species.
Scorched Earth, book two of the Mindslip Universe, is a mind-bending, thought-provoking leap from identity shock to planetary triage and a starship bid for tomorrow. Perfect for readers who love unique, original concepts that linger long after the last page.
Publisher's note: Scorched Earth was previously published as HEAT.
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Praise for the Mindslip Universe:
★★★★★ Ground-breaking brilliance
★★★★★ This one will make you think!
★★★★★ Amazing. Clever. GENIUS!
★★★★★ Unique... captivating, emotionally engaging... it will stay with me for a long time.
★★★★★ It is a real page turner and would make an excellent movie or mini-series.
★★★★★ Mind-bending plot
★★★★★ Most intriguing and different sci-fi book I've ever read.
★★★★★ A brilliant, original concept, flawlessly executed.
★★★★★ Kept me thinking long after I finished.
★★★★★ Utterly original and compelling--read it straight through.
★★★★★ A unique idea handled with intelligence and heart.
★★★★★ I finished and immediately wanted to talk about it.
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