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Paul E. Hardisty

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Paul E Hardisty has worked all over the world as an environmental scientist and writer. His work has taken him to some of the world's most dangerous places, including Yemen, Ethiopia, and most recently Ukraine in 2022, 2024, and 2025 working on a new book about the war. The Abrupt Physics of Dying, the first novel in his Claymore Straker thriller series was shortlisted for the CWA Creasy dagger award and was one of the London Telegraph's 2015 crime books of the year. The Forcing, first book in his climate thriller series, was shortlisted for the Crime Fiction Lovers' Awards for 2023, and In Hot Water: Inside the Battle to Save the Great Barrier Reef, was shortlisted for the 2025 WA Premier's Award for non-fiction. Paul lives in Western Aust ...more

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Paul E. Hardisty I am currently working on another novel, set in the very near future - present, which examines ageism, the right to survive, and the manipulation of t…moreI am currently working on another novel, set in the very near future - present, which examines ageism, the right to survive, and the manipulation of the climate and the modern economy.(less)
Paul E. Hardisty The core idea for this book came from a set of real and harrowing experiences I had working in Yemen over a period spanning a dozen years, including a…moreThe core idea for this book came from a set of real and harrowing experiences I had working in Yemen over a period spanning a dozen years, including a civil war, a bombing, and several serious ethical issues associated with oil production and its interface with local people and the environment.(less)
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The Forcing

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Turbulent Wake

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The Descent

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Reconciliation for the Dead

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Absolution (Claymore Strake...

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The Hope

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The Chef

This is a story from a new project I am working on that I hope may be published in 2019. the working title for the project is This Turbulent Wake.

This story is based on experiences working in Ethiopia back in the 1990's.

The Chef

It was the chef who’d found him, that first morning, shivering naked in his bed, delirious.

Whatever had infected him, whatever was there now still, ripping him apart, had Read more of this blog post »
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Paul Hardisty and 1 other person liked Stan Bland's review of The Descent:
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"Bordering on a 5 star; compelling, horrifying and just a touch too believable."
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"I normally don't read these types of books. ,but I was curious about it. It didn't disappoint. I liked it. It kept me entertained"
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"I found that I was soon hooked by this book, and couldn't out it down. I loved the fact that the storyline was split into two sections - the past & the present. At first it took a bit of getting my head round as the 'past' is technically still in the" Read more of this review »
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"This is an amazing read & at the same time, it is very scary... It is so up-to-date & the reader can recognise that all this is already coming to fruition!
Lots of information but written in an easy style to keep you reading"
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“the folly of putting the economy ahead of people, as if somehow we existed to serve the economy, rather than the other way around.”
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“No one wanted to rock the boat. The economy had to grow, even if it cost us the planet.”
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