At last - the red hot link between climate change and conflict laid out clearly, and laid bare. Schwartzstein has been, has seen, and tells it as it is -- Tim Marshall, author of PRISONERS OF GEOGRAPHY Peter Schwartzstein's The Heat and the Fury is a richly reported, beautifully rendered, remarkably complex and rewarding meditation on the interplay of planetary instability and human brutality - a landmark work on perhaps the essential question of our time -- David Wallace-Wells, author of THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH A compelling and expert read about the most important issue of our times that is in danger of being marginalised by an extraordinary lack of political will -- Patrick Cockburn, author of THE RISE OF ISLAMIC STATE Fascinating. In a mammoth reporting feat, Schwartzstein takes readers across the world to the frontlines of climate change - from the villages of the Sahel to Iraq's fight against jihadis, while always making sure to include nuance and context. I learnt a huge amount from this book -- Sally Hayden, author of MY FOURTH TIME, WE DROWNED Never has a book on the climate crisis been so thrilling and so rich in adventure. While bullets and mortars fly overhead most of us see only the immediate conflict, Schwartzstein sees the bigger picture. He takes us into the trenches of the climate emergency and exposes the role it plays in destabilising communities, states, and the world. This is a brave and unique book. It paints a grim picture of the accelerating instability of the poorest communities in already vulnerable states. But is still a thrilling read thanks to the swashbuckling adventures of Schwartzstein. Travelling by bus, boat, and donkey cart, he takes us from Samarra to Khartoum and Kathmandu and beyond, meeting pirates, smugglers, jihadists and militiamen along the way. Beautifully written, darkly comedic in places and with a keen ear and eye for detail -- Quentin Sommerville, BBC Middle East correspondent
