PARTICLES

It is everywhere. It is inside us. And it is deadly.

In the Mediterranean, a cargo ship carrying unknown cargo disappears. Revelations about the effects of the plastic catastrophe shake the world. Dark dealings take place at the highest political level. And simultaneously, a child fights for survival at the Hamburg University Hospital.

Little Zoe cannot break down the microplastics in her blood, and a malignant carcinoma is growing in her liver. There is no chance of a cure; she will die because of the plastic. Her family is desperate. Zoe's aunt, Melissa, is a journalist, deeply involved in her research on the company Cyaclean, which aims to solve the global plastic problem with groundbreaking innovation – their approach is impressive. And Melissa makes contacts that give her hope: Perhaps there is one last chance to save her niece.

But then Zoe disappears. While beaches in the Mediterranean are inundated with tons of colorful plastic particles and the German Intelligence Agency investigates in the highest political circles, Melissa doesn't have much time to find the child. Because Zoe needs her medication ...

"Harlander's way of building tension is to let the invisible threat directly impact his characters." Süddeutsche Zeitung