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Gregg Loomis has been writing thrillers for years, with his premiere character being the lawyer Lang Reilly, but his newest novels have him on a completely different side of the law. In his latest release, Hot Ice, Loomis details the adventures of Jason Peters, an international operative working for NARCOM, an organization that delivers its own brand of justice.
Jason Peters’s appetite for vigilantism arises from his wife’s death in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the Pentagon. A former Army man, Peters leaves the military in the wake of the loss of his wife to work for NARCOM. He excels as their best operative, but soon finds the dangers of the job getting to him and his relationship with his girlfriend, who disagrees with the use of violence in his job.
But Peters’s retirement doesn’t last forever. When he is given the opportunity to exact revenge on one of the men who was responsible for the 9/11 attacks, he can’t turn it down. When his identity is nationally revealed, he agrees to take one more job in Iceland in order to protect himself and his family. A contractor for NARCOM has been shot while on the job, and he refuses to answer to anyone except for Peters. While Peters is promised that this job will be free of violence, he soon stumbles upon a different type of treachery: ecoterrorism.
Although he never directly disputes that global warming exists, Loomis questions whether what society is being told about the environment is part of a greater conspiracy in the global economy. Peters stumbles across information that suggests that global warming theories may simply be myths. If the evidence were to be leaked to the public, they could cause economies to collapse, reputations of the government and scientists to be ruined, and the end to well-known environmental organizations such as Peters’ new enemy: GrünWelt. Intent on furthering their agenda and maintaining their reputation, GrünWeltuses deadly force to keep opposing ideas out of their path. When Peters becomes their newest threat, he is in danger of meeting the same fate that has befallen other GrünWelt enemies.
Loomis’s Hot Ice is an intricate—but not implausible—tale of ecoterrorism. Though most environmentalist groups deny their involvement in any sort of terrorist activities, acts committed by certain organizations have been condemned as ecoterrorism. Loomis pushes this idea further by creating a scenario in which ecoterrorists are fighting against causes they have created for their own benefit. The continuing controversy over global warming makes Hot Ice a relevant and fresh perspective on the issue.
For more information on Gregg Loomis and Hot Ice, visit his author page here.
