Meanwhile, aboard a Coast Guard polar icebreaker heading north, photographer Jack Campbell travels with Mara Gutiérrez and her fellow marine biologists to study and document the natural beauty of Arctic. Try as they might to keep the operation a secret though, the news of the comet is eventually leaked, causing widespread panic across the globe. Ben Schwartz of NASA, who travels to French Guiana with his girlfriend Amy Kowalski to meet up with the rest of the team which includes China’s Dr.

Codenamed “The Effort”, the mission is headed by Dr.

The plot begins with an introduction to our main characters, all from disparate parts of the world but are united in one goal: to stop UD3, the large comet spotted near Jupiter’s orbit that is estimated to impact Earth in less than a year. And a lot of it isn’t even about the asteroid. Nor is it quite like the feel-good, inspirational and heartwarming kind of apocalyptic tale that brings humanity together. But if you’re heading into this book expecting a big, noisy, hyper-jaunty high-octane action thriller like Armageddon, this isn’t that kind of story. Now, a team of scientists have assembled in order to find a way to blow it off course. The Effort is a book about a killer asteroid hurtling towards the Earth, threatening to wipe out the entire human race. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (January 12, 2021) This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own.

I received a review copy from the publisher. Book Review: The Effort by Claire Holroyde