INSTANTNEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLER!NATIONALBESTSELLERFinalistforTheLosAnglesTimesBookPrizeinScience&TechnologyMostAnticipatedBookbyTheNewYorkTimes,TheWashingtonPost,TheLosAngelesTimes-ANextBigIdeaBookClubSelection-TheNewYorkTimesBookReviewEditor’sChoice-NPRFavoriteBooksoftheYear-LosAngelesTimesBestBooksoftheYear-TheEconomistBestBooksoftheYearJeffGoodell’s“masterful,bracing“(DavidWallace-Wells)investigationexposes“throughstellarreporting,artfulstorytellingandfascinatingscientificexplanations“(NaomiKlein)anexplosivenewunderstandingofheatandtheimpactthatrisingtemperatureswillhaveonourlivesandonourplanet.“Entertainingandthoroughlyresearched,“(AlGore),itwillcompletelychangethewayyouseetheworld,anddespiteitsurgentthemes,isinjectedwith“eternaloptimism“(MichaelMann)onhowtocombatoneofthemostimportantissuesofourtime.“Whenheatcomes,it’sinvisible.Itdoesn’tbendtreebranchesorblowhairacrossyourfacetoletyouknowit’sarrived....Thesunfeelslikethebarrelofagunpointedatyou.“Theworldiswakinguptoanewreality:wildfiresarenowseasonalinCalifornia,theNortheastisgettinglessandlesssnoweachwinter,andtheicesheetsintheArcticandAntarcticaaremeltingfast.Heatisthefirstorderthreatthatdrivesallotherimpactsoftheclimatecrisis.Andasthetemperaturerises,itisrevealingfaultlinesinourgovernments,ourpolitics,oureconomy,andourvalues.Thebasicscienceisnotcomplicated:Stopburningfossilfuelstomorrow,andtheglobaltemperaturewillstoprisingtomorrow.Stopburningfossilfuelsin50years,andthetemperaturewillkeeprisingfor50years,makingpartsofourplanetvirtuallyuninhabitable.It’suptous.Thehotteritgets,thedeeperandwiderourfaultlineswillopen.TheHeatWillKillYouFirstisabouttheextremewaysinwhichourplanetisalreadychanging.Itisaboutwhyspringiscomingafewweeksearlierandfalliscomingafewweekslaterandtheimpactthatwillhaveoneverythingfromourfoodsupplytodiseaseoutbreaks.ItisaboutwhatwillhappentoourlivesandourcommunitieswhentypicalsummerdaysinChicagoorBostongofrom90簞Fto110簞F.Aheatwave,Goodellexplains,isapredatoryevent--onethatcullsoutthemostvulnerablepeople.Butthatischanging.Asheatwavesbecomemoreintenseandmorecommon,theywillbecomemoredemocratic.Asanaward-winningjournalistwhohasbeenattheforefrontofenvironmentaljournalismfordecades,Goodell’snewbookmaybehismostprovocativeyet,explaininghowextremeheatwilldramaticallychangetheworldasweknowit.Masterfullyreported,mixingthelatestscientificinsightwithon-the-groundstorytelling,JeffGoodelltacklesthebigquestionsanduncovershowextremeheatisaforcebeyondanythingwehavereckonedwithbefore.
