Kathrin Lange, born in 1969, writes political and scientific thrillers and science fiction, among other things.
Her focus is on “Green Telling”, especially in connection with the shift to the right in our society. Her texts and novels have already won several awards. She has been a lecturer in creative writing at the Bundesakademie für Kulturelle Bildung e.V. since 2009 and gives courses and workshops on the subject throughout Germany.
I'm involved with Climate Fiction Writers Europe because I'm very concerned that the topic is falling behind in all the crises. And because I want to help people understand that these crises are closely linked to climate change.
When science journalist Nina Falkenberg visits her former mentor Anasias in Georgia, she finds herself in the middle of a deadly attack on him. Beforehand, however, he is able to reveal to Nina that he has succeeded in finding a drug against the world’s most dangerous multi-resistant germs. Is that why he had to die? Together with food hunter Tom Morell, whose daughter has contracted one of these germs, Nina tries to trace the research results. But Nina and Tom are not the only ones after Anasias’ research, and their opponents do not shy away from kidnapping, blackmail or murder.
When homeless people die of anthrax in Berlin, science journalist Nina Falkenberg is alarmed. The cases are reminiscent of an event in Alaska 10 years ago, when the thawing of the permafrost released a deadly pathogen. Also in Alaska, Nina’s friend, anthrax researcher Gereon Kirchner, disappears. Nina asks her friend Tom Morell to travel there and find out what happened. Shortly after Tom’s arrival, a woman’s body turns up in an ice tunnel. Is Gereon to blame for her death? Is he even involved in the agonizing deaths of the homeless in Berlin?
While Tom and Nina try to shed light on the situation, they realize that they are fighting a much more powerful opponent than they thought …