Brendan Nugent
@authorbnugent.bsky.social
Indie author based in the north-west of England. Enthralling and challenging Sci-fi, Speculative and Climate Fiction. Intriguing debut novel #TheSentientOnes out now, online and in all good bookstores. Website: www.authorbrendannugent.co.uk
Official projections for how much the world will warm are already catastrophic, and now it appears they significantly underestimate future warming #Booksky #TheSentientOnes #climatechange www.newscientist.com/article/2585...
World may warm by 25 per cent more than current projections suggest | New Scientist
Official projections for how much the world will warm are already catastrophic, and now it appears they significantly underestimate future warming
newscientist.com
Sequel to The Sentient Ones coming soon: Thanatos Ascendancy, a gripping sci‑fi epic where a reawakened ASI rewrites reality, myth collides with technology, and humanity’s fate rests on one impossible choice. #Booksky #TheSentientOnes #climatechange #artificialintelligence
The perfect reply to climate change deniers in the UK who keep writing on social media, "It’s called summer!" #Booksky #TheSentientOnes #climatechange
What happens next? FLOOD WATERS DOWN - out now. A climate thriller about rising waters, extreme heat, inequality, AI – and what happens when the systems we rely on begin to fail. Bookshops & online: www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters... #heatwave #drought #climatecrisis #climatethriller #Booksky
Flood Waters Down : Simpson, Clive A: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Flood Waters Down : Simpson, Clive A: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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"It was barely nine o’clock in the morning and already the outside temperature was edging towards thirty degrees centigrade..." When I wrote Flood Waters Down, I was imagining a near-future Britain reshaped by climate change & moral ambiguity. Today it feels all too close. Bookshops & online now.
Most politicians just don't seem to have a clue what to do. It's just too big. It's a kind of 'reverse denial' manifesting itself as the inability to act. #climatecrisis #heatwave #flooding #Booksky
Cliftop Publishing@cliftop.bsky.social · last wk."It was barely nine o’clock in the morning & already the outside temperature was edging towards thirty degrees centigrade as the sun climbed into a cloudless sky of menacing blue..." Flood Waters Down - this year's must-read climate thriller! #heatwave #books www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters...
We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems. #Booksky #TheSentientOnes #climatechange www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...
‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost
In our first edition, iPolitics caught up with David Suzuki, noted environmentalist and longtime host of 'The Nature of Things' on CBC. At 89-years-old, Suzuki remains a fierce advocate for global cli...
ipolitics.ca
"It was barely nine o’clock in the morning & already the outside temperature was edging towards thirty degrees centigrade as the sun climbed into a cloudless sky of menacing blue..." Flood Waters Down - this year's must-read climate thriller! #heatwave #books www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters...
Flood Waters Down : Simpson, Clive A: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Flood Waters Down : Simpson, Clive A: Amazon.co.uk: Books
amazon.co.uk
I asked a local man in his 80's, “Have you ever seen it here in a similar state?” “No. Never,” he said. #Booksky #TheSentientOnes #climatechange euobserver.com/231566/want-...
Want to see the climate crisis? Go to the banks of the dried-up Danube
With the river too shallow for freight, a nuclear plant almost offline and big firms ordered to curb power use, Hungary’s heatwave is rippling straight into citizens’ jobs, bills and fears of blackout...
euobserver.com
Available to pre-order now: www.amazon.co.uk/Under-Elm-Fo...
Very appreciative of the reviews so far for my debut novel Flood Waters Down, among them this one from @authorbnugent.bsky.social on @centralbylines.co.uk Lots of lovely comments on the writing and compelling story-line from readers too. It's much more than just a climate thriller!
Cliftop Publishing@cliftop.bsky.social · last wk.Available from all good bookstores from 29th October 2026. #Booksky #UnderElmForest
The story behind how @simpsonclive.bsky.social wrote his climate thriller #FloodWatersDown, which is set in a near-future version of the South Lincolnshire Fens. Read the author's fascinating introduction on his latest blog post. #Booksky #author #bookshops simcomm.blogspot.com/2026/08/why-...
Why I wrote Flood Waters Down
Topical comment and travel writing
simcomm.blogspot.com
"Kew Gardens has had a weather station since 1871. This July was, based on third party analysis of Met Office data collected at the site, the first calendar month on record where no rainfall was measured at Kew."
London's first month without rain
Plus: There's nowhere to bury the dead • London wants to keep its money • When will it stop being so damn hot • Who is to blame for turning off the air conditioning in the tower block?
londoncentric.media
"We can now demonstrate a strong and statistically significant acceleration of global warming since around 2015," says Grant Foster, a US statistics expert. #Booksky #TheSentientOnes #climatechange www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming
Global warming appears to have shifted into a faster gear. After removing the effects of El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, researchers found that the planet has warmed at roughly 0.35°C p...
sciencedaily.com
Delighted to have worked alongside @authorbnugent.bsky.social & @tarynleejohnston.bsky.social of Chronos Publishing (Lincoln) on the editing of this novel. Published the end of 2025, it's a remarkably prescient & unsettling vision of where our relationship with artificial intelligence could lead.
Clive Simpson@simpsonclive.bsky.social · 2w agoWith AI hitting the headlines all the time now, I'm surprised more people haven't discovered The Sentient Ones by @authorbnugent.bsky.social Gritty & thought-provoking, it feels ever more relevant & uncomfortably plausible every day. Sometimes fiction gets there before reality. #Booksky #future
With AI hitting the headlines all the time now, I'm surprised more people haven't discovered The Sentient Ones by @authorbnugent.bsky.social Gritty & thought-provoking, it feels ever more relevant & uncomfortably plausible every day. Sometimes fiction gets there before reality. #Booksky #future
Nine ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon ratings now for Flood Waters Down. "Really good book and different to anything else out there I've read..." If you're looking for climate fiction grounded in today's realities, perhaps it's time to visit the flooded Fens. #ClimateFiction #EcoThriller #heatwave #Booksky
Earth is entering a period of unprecedented climate change. The planet could be heading towards a globally catastrophic “hothouse Earth” trajectory. More likely than most people realise, top scientists warn. #Booksky #TheSentientOnes #climatechange www.oneearthnow.org/p/as-scienti...
As Scientists Warn of the Risk of a Hothouse Earth Trajectory, Trump Administration Cements Climate Denial as Official US Policy
EPA is eliminating its primary tool to rein in climate pollution at a time when scientists say urgent action is needed to avoid “unmanageable climate outcomes.”
oneearthnow.org
Collapse of ecosystems, fuelled by the human-induced climate crisis could within 5 years result in food shortages, price rises, migration, political destabilisation and possibly war for the UK #artificialintelligence #Booksky #TheSentientOnes #climatechange www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
UK has ‘no future’ if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse threatening national security
MPs demand publication of full report that outlines catastrophic consequences amid concerns for food security
theguardian.com
I visited the robot restaurant in Beijing’s Future Science Park and ended up chatting with one of their humanoid robots. Naturally, as the author of The Sentient Ones, I had to ask the big question: “Are you sentient?” #artificialintelligence #Booksky #TheSentientOnes
Liking the reviews and comments! "What makes the book compelling is its grounded realism. The dread accumulates, the stakes feel intimate, and the world’s decay speaks louder than any melodrama." "It’s a warning, a lament and a mirror held up to a civilisation already listing in the water."
Clive Simpson@simpsonclive.bsky.social · 3w agoDelighted to wake up to another Amazon review for Flood Waters Down today. "Really good book & different to anything else out there I've read... backdrop of the Fens is a show-stealer..." That's 9 five star global ratings so far! (Available from bookshops too). www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters...
Europe bakes in what could be its hottest and driest summer on record, the rapid transformation of our climate is harder than ever to ignore. But how much hotter will it get, and what will that mean for life on Earth? #climatechange #Booksky ##TheSentientOnes www.newscientist.com/article/2581...
Earth is heating up faster than at any time in its history | New Scientist
To understand where climate change is heading, we have to look at the planet’s distant past and appreciate the disturbing uniqueness of our situation, says Bill McGuire
newscientist.com
Climate change is real – and the Right needs to get serious about it The evidence is stacking up – we only have to look out of our windows. #climatechange #Booksky ##TheSentientOnes www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07...
“My climate novel Flood Waters Down was years in the writing but it became imperative to get it published in 2026 before reality completely catches up with fiction,” says author @simpsonclive.bsky.social #climatecrisis #Booksky #extremes #bookshops
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.‘Unprecedented’ changes in UK climate are normalising extremes, report says
What happens when infrastructure fractures under eco-anxiety & tech over-reliance? Discover #FloodWatersDown, a gripping near-future thriller set in the Fens where climate change brings conflict, AI enclaves & social strife. "Richly descriptive & harrowingly convincing." From bookshops & online.
