The novel “Hostile Takeover” by David Bruns and Chris Pourteau was published for the first time in 2018. It’s the third book in The SynCorp Saga series and follows “Cassandra’s War”.

The Council that decides the fate of the Earth is an uneven group of people who have very different ideas about how to save the planet from a climate catastrophe. Internal power struggles can change many plans but the secret ones continue behind the scenes and Ming Qinlao goes to extremes to carry out her own. The possible ramifications of Elise’s pregnancy add to the uncertainties.

A large group of refugees enters the USA, led by Corazon Santos in search of a better future promised by Cassandra. General William Graves is ordered to keep them under control but the meeting with their leader surprises him when she tells him that he will help her achieve her goals.