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'A few years from now, climate change has produced global drought. Wars over water are becoming commonplace.
'When communications are cut from an Australian Antarctic station and two colleagues go missing, maverick glaciologist Luke Searle and his team are unaware they have fallen victim to a plan to harvest Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier for water. Yet the ruthless leader of this secret project has a second plan, far more ambitious and destructive than the first, which will give his country unchallengeable military power and make him exceedingly rich. But the plan risks destroying the enormous West Antarctic Ice Sheet, causing sea level rises that will not only wipe out low-lying cities, but whole countries.
'With their station burned to the ground and the team under fire, Luke Searle must not only survive the harshest environment on Earth but battle a mysterious assailant to stop a global catastrophe. Who has hatched this plan, how far will he go, and what will it take to stop him? With complex and intriguing characters, and plot threads skilfully woven together into a surprising and dramatic climax, Thirst will entertain and enthral. Based on L.A. Larkin's experiences in Antarctica and her interviews of scientists who have visited the remote Pine Island Glacier, Thirst is a chilling and explosive action thriller that is a startling reminder of the fragility and power of Earth's most precious resource. ' (Publisher's blurb)
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset "CliFi" because it contains representations of Anthropogenic climate change.
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Works about this Work
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True or False? The Role of Ethics in Book Reviewing
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , November no. 60 2016; 'Can, or should, literary criticism ever be entirely free of ethical judgement? And what does it mean to talk about the place of ethics in criticism? As a literary scholar with an interest in a wide range of fiction in English, and a book reviewer, I am implicitly confronted with these questions whenever I set out to write about literature in either essay or review form. Although the book review and the literary essay are different types of endeavour in many ways, this problem is common to both.' (Introduction) -
Climate Change Novels
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Climate Change Narratives in Australian Fiction 2014; (p. 15-32) 'Climate Scientists warn of the dangers of global warming. How are Australian writers responding to this crisis? The first section of the book examines the stories by women and men writers directly about climate change scenarios. Notable authors are George Turner and Alexis Wright. ' (15) -
Take Three : Crime Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 28 October 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of Thirst 2012 single work novel -
Question Time : L. A. Larkin, Author
2012
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column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 September 2012; (p. 3) -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25-26 August 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Thirst 2012 single work novel
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Books : Thriller
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 18 August 2012; (p. 30)
— Review of Thirst 2012 single work novel -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25-26 August 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Thirst 2012 single work novel -
Take Three : Crime Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 28 October 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of Thirst 2012 single work novel -
Question Time : L. A. Larkin, Author
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 September 2012; (p. 3) -
Climate Change Novels
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Climate Change Narratives in Australian Fiction 2014; (p. 15-32) 'Climate Scientists warn of the dangers of global warming. How are Australian writers responding to this crisis? The first section of the book examines the stories by women and men writers directly about climate change scenarios. Notable authors are George Turner and Alexis Wright. ' (15) -
True or False? The Role of Ethics in Book Reviewing
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , November no. 60 2016; 'Can, or should, literary criticism ever be entirely free of ethical judgement? And what does it mean to talk about the place of ethics in criticism? As a literary scholar with an interest in a wide range of fiction in English, and a book reviewer, I am implicitly confronted with these questions whenever I set out to write about literature in either essay or review form. Although the book review and the literary essay are different types of endeavour in many ways, this problem is common to both.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2013 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- Antarctica,