99th Day is an extraordinary, and utterly timely, book about… the imminent collapse of civilisation. And if that sounds sensationalist, you really do need to read what Irish author Gerry McGovern has to say about the irreparable damage we are doing to the beautiful, magical, wonderful planet that we inherited – and are busy destroying. He puts, under the microscope.
– The calamitous toxic effects of mining
– The sickening disease of over-consumption
– The colossal waste of resources on Data Centres
– The shameless con job that is Bitcoin
– The criminal abuses in the rise of AI.
And that’s just the start of it. Every story told, every argument made, every hard truth revealed, is thoroughly researched, fully backed-up and meticulously documented.
In 99th Day: A Warning About Technology, McGovern leaves no room for doubt about the approaching disaster, laying bare the cynicism, opportunism, ignorance and greed that are driving both private enterprise and public policy across the world right now.
Backsliding on Climate Targets has become contagious. The President of the USA has promised to “Drill, baby, drill.” War is consuming resources at a shameful rate. And people in wealthier countries are consuming far too much, too quickly – and creating vast oceans of waste.
The dinosaurs didn’t know what was coming. We do.
99th Day: A Warning About Technology is a book that must be read. It offers a stark reminder that doing nothing is not an option. We have to act now – or risk the obliteration of the human species.
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT 99TH DAY:
"This is a masterful book, brilliant in its clarity and beguiling in its argument. It lays bare the immense harms that those who design, build and sell digital tech are doing to the environment and Nature, and warns of the frightening implications that this has for human society. It needs to be widely read and acted upon”
Tim Unwin, Emeritus Professor of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London
“99th Day: A warning about technology”, shines new light on the damage done to society and the environment by greedy Big Tech companies. It is a beautifully written, evidence-based, eye-opening, frightening, page-turner.
McGovern explains the damage done when the rich get richer by the destruction of our environment via the “Growth Death Cult”. He makes it painfully clear why society needs degrowth to survive. The book highlights how greed, green colonisation, data colonialism, mining, Bitcoin, AI, data centres and amoral Big Tech behaviours trample all over the Rights of Nature and stomp all over fair-minded citizens, especially indigenous peoples. McGovern shows us that “slow decision making is wise decision making.” It is a wise book from a wise man. Big Tech will hate it. That’s why it is such an important book."
Ian Williams
Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton
“99th Day reads like a dispatch from the edge of a collapsing world. Drawing on lived experience inside the tech industry, Gerry McGovern uncovers how our pathological pursuit of growth—now dressed in 'green'—has become a final devouring of our planet's life support systems. This is not a book of hope as much as a book of truth, urging us to face the consequences of our obsessions. Moving between raw memoir, investigative reporting, and Indigenous wisdom, 99th Day reminds us that collapse isn’t a distant threat—it’s already here—and challenges us to become good ancestors before we thrust ourselves into oblivion.”
Joám Evans Pim, Director, Montescola Foundation
The timing is perfect: just as the public is waking up to the human and environmental toll of big tech and its ballooning infrastructure, along comes this book. In 99th Day: A Warning About Technology, journalist Gerry McGovern takes us around the globe—from Ireland to Spain to Brazil and West Africa and beyond—to share stories of those whose lives have been upended by mining, chemical dumping, and corporate land grabs. Deeply researched and written with heart, 99th Day is essential reading as we grapple with what a “green transition” really means.
Judith Schwartz, author of The Reindeer Chronicles
