The Martian meets Interstellar in the new sci-fi thriller from A.G. Riddle, the world-wide bestselling author with over FOUR Mil COPIES SOLD and translations in two dozen dialects. * * * A new ice age on the planet. A strange object in space. And a desperate mission to save humanity from extinction. * * * Every month, Earth increases colder. Snow falls in summer. Glaciers trample towns across North America, Europe, and Asia. Chaos erupts. Around the world, people depart their homes, fleeing the about Wintertime World frosty, flocking to locations where they can survive the brand new glaciers age. Nations prepare to visit battle for the world’s last habitable zones. NASA and other scientific organizations search for answers. How come the world cooling if they expected it to grow warmer? They send probes into the solar system to get readings. Out there, in the dark expanse of space, they find something no one anticipated: a incomprehensible object, drifting toward sunlight. Could it be responsible for the new ice age? And if therefore, can we end it? Or is the artifact merely an observer? Or neither? Can it be a relic from a long-extinct civilization? A very important factor is certain: investigating the object is usually humanity’s best hope of success. As the ice age claims even more lives and the world slides into anarchy, an international consortium launches a mission into space to review the object and make get in touch with. But the first contact objective doesn’t move as planned. What the staff discovers out there is beyond anyone’s imagination. Two members from the first contact objective may hold the tips to humanity’s salvation. Dr. Emma Matthews may be the commander aboard the International Space Station. For months, she has watched the globe below freeze and civilization unravel. The headlines tell only half of the tale. The communications from her sister inform the others, of a global witnessing mass migrations, fighting for success, struggling to supply a future for their children. When a catastrophe attacks the ISS, Emma encounters her own battle for survival. Dr. James Sinclair is one of the ideal researchers alive. A brain before his period. Years ago, he created something using the potential to change the world–an invention that could upset the total amount of power in the world permanently. Fearing that modification, his enemies sent him to prison for a criminal offense he didn’t commit. But with humanity’s upcoming on the line, NASA asks him to become listed on the initial contact objective. His expertise is key to the mission’s success–and to conserving Emma. Using the time clock ticking right down to humanity’s final days on Earth, James makes a decision which will change his life forever and could determine the destiny of the entire human race. * * * Praise to get a.G. Riddle ‘.reads just like a first-class collaboration between Dan Brown and Michael Crichton.’ — The Guardian on Pandemic ‘I completed the book fast because I just couldn’t wait.’ — WIRED GeekDad on Departure ‘Riddle. maintain(s) the concentrate on his individuals. as opposed to the technological marvels’ — Publisher’s Weekly on Departure ‘Well-constructed and tightly-wound as an excellent Swiss watch-DEPARTURE provides nonstop action, an engaging story and, obviously, wheels within wheels.’ — Diana Gabaldon, bestselling writer of Outlander