What if everything we have been told about Carbon was wrong? Framed as a first-person account, the story immerses readers in Professor Walker's growing suspicion that the movement he once observed from a distance is not the grassroots salvation it claims to be. At its heart lies the fictional Hargrove, whose bestselling book, "Desert Planet," and mesmerizing presentations have captivated the world, turning him into an international icon. Walker and his graduate students watch with a professional's critical eye as Hargrove's terrifyingly simple narrative of impending apocalypse eclipses scientific nuance, branding skepticism as heresy and forging a new global religion complete with its own sacred texts, prophets, and promises of redemption. A fiction for our times.