The Coming Fire

Greg Mosse

The cover of The Coming Fire by Greg Mosse. It shows a turquoise and red sky with a ruined citadel on a mountain, and a helicopter flying above it.

Paperback
17 July 2025
ISBN: 9781916678057
RRP: £9.99

eBook
17 July 2025
RRP: £6.99

First came the darkness.

Then the storm.

Now Alex has no choice: it’s time to face the fire.

Following a fighter jet crash in the Haitian hinterland, special agent Alex Lamarque is taken captive by a violent, drug-addled gang, the only authority in this lawless territory.

Unknown to Alex, his lover Mariam Jordane has escaped the deadly flood of her home valley in the Pyrenees. But Mariam, along with Alex’s mother Gloria, is trapped on the wrong side of the world, facing a crescendo of dangers: the AI viruses crippling the digital state; the breakdown of law and order; and unexpected, terrifying news from a Paris observatory.

Four thousand kilometres to the south, in the remote Sahara, the consequences of the cataclysmic events at the Aswan dam continue to reverberate throughout the world.

With the woman he loves presumed dead, his mother in danger, and no hope of rescue, Alex must tackle his greatest challenge yet: break free from the gang, uncover the truth, and finally face the perpetrators of the global conspiracy that’s seemingly hellbent on destroying the world. Can he – and the people he loves – escape the coming fire?

The Coming Darkness trilogy

The Cover of The Coming Darkness by Greg Mosse. The cover shows the Eiffel Tower in Paris, in front of a dark sky. There is a satellite above it. The text is neon pink.
The cover of The Coming Storm by Greg Mosse. It shows the Arc De Triomphe in Paris in front of an ominously red sky. There is a silhouette of a man beneath it, and birds flying in front.
The cover of The Coming Fire by Greg Mosse. It shows a turquoise and red sky with a ruined citadel on a mountain, and a helicopter flying above it.

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Reviews of The Coming Darkness trilogy

  • “Equally good at derring-do and dialogue… Mosse displays admirable audacity. One of the best thrillers of 2022.”

    The Times

  • “A clever, fast-paced thriller with incredible world building… an impressive debut with a cinematic narrative style waiting to be adapted for the screen.”

    The Independent

  • “Superb – there's an ominous drumbeat throughout, and pace and tension, and a subtle and scarily plausible dystopia – and above all there's main character Alex Lamarque, who could be one of the greats. Greg Mosse writes like John Le Carré's hip grandson.”

    Lee Child

  • “Fast and absorbing, action-packed and loaded with a dark conspiratorial atmosphere... This is ambitious and inventive storytelling, an impressive debut.”

    Crime Fiction Lover

  • “Absorbing and intricately plotted.”

    The Telegraph

  • “This is exactly the sort of big, meaty, ambitious thriller that the market needs. I haven’t read a book like this since I AM PILGRIM.”

    Anthony Horowitz

  • “An utterly satisfying story set in a forensically detailed dystopic future which is too close for comfort.”

    Lesley Thompson

  • “A heart-thumping race against time.”

    Saga Magazine

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