About the book: 1994 / One of the most beautiful novels by James Graham Bollard, dedicated to the death of human civilization. Global warming: humid tropical heat, a huge crimson sun hanging over the horizon, giant reptiles leisurely swimming through the flooded streets of long-deserted cities... The British have a rich tradition of writing disaster novels, from H. G. Wells to the present day. Bollard is one of the most powerful English authors who has done justice to this topic..