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The Thaw
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 10 2026
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When Arctic ice begins to melt faster than anyone predicted, scientists dismiss it as another data anomaly.
They're wrong.
A previously dormant organism-trapped beneath the permafrost for thousands of years-has awakened. It spreads silently through warming water, collapsing bodies and systems with terrifying speed.
As cities quarantine and governments scramble for answers, Marcus Hale watches the world unravel in real time. Hospitals overflow. Communication breaks down. Trust erodes. And survival becomes less about strength than about the choices people make when rules stop working.
The Thaw is a grounded, unsettling thriller about climate consequences, biological uncertainty, and how fragile civilization truly is when nature stops waiting for permission.
Quietly horrifying and emotionally restrained, this novel explores what happens when humanity's greatest assumption-that we are in control-proves fatally wrong.
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