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The world she knew is gone. The climate crisis that doomed her future hasn't begun yet, but neither has the fight to stop it. Stranded decades before disaster, Sara must convince a skeptical world to change course before it’s too late.

Ist das, was du wählst, auch das, was du willst? Deutschland in naher Zukunft. Sophie König steht kurz vor ihrem Ziel, die Psyche von Menschen in deren Datenspuren zu erkennen. Um ihren Traum zu verwirklichen, schließt die KI-Forscherin einen Pakt mit dem zwielichtigen Andy Neville, der auch vor digitaler Wählermanipulation nicht zurückschreckt. Zur selben Zeit macht der charismatische Jungpolitiker Boris Riemann eine steile Karriere. In seinem Ringen um Wählerstimmen attackiert er die etablierte Präventionspolitik des amtierenden Bundeskanzlers.

Will Vandolah is stationed on the gigantic research outpost, GAIA 3, on Saturn’s moon, Titan. However, its living ecosphere is dying, and oxygen deprivation slowly throws the crew into delirium. As the crew races against time to solve the problem, Will discovers a new and far worse threat. An enormous comet hurtling through space passes close to Saturn and triggers a chain of events that detonates the rings into a glowing inferno, blasting deadly radiation into space.

For better, for worse. In sickness and in health. It’s a legal vow of care for families in 2050, a world beset by waves of climate-driven plagues. Power engineer Lucía Ramirez long ago lost her family to one - she’d give anything to take that vow. The Power Islands give humanity a fighting chance, but tending kelp farms and solar lilies is a lonely job.