THE MINERAL

Chen Ming, a Chinese renewable energy engineer, is assigned to oversee cobalt supply chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo. What she discovers destroys her: the clean energy transition is built on child labour, environmental devastation, and corporate-sponsored militia violence. As she falls in love with a local activist documenting the abuse, she faces an impossible choice: her career or her conscience. When he is beaten for preparing to testify to the International Criminal Court, Chen Ming must decide whether she can remain complicit. Book 2 of Climate Keepers Series 3 reveals how Chinese state capital perpetuates extraction — and the human cost of building a green future on exploitation.