One of the main characters in climate fiction isn't human at all. That character is Mother Nature. Usually a very ticked off, overheated Mother Nature. In The Shade Ring and Albedo Effect, the first two books in The Shade Ring Trilogy, runaway global warming plays a major role in the plot. Without giving away too much, the weather events include severe flooding that’s submerged coastal cities, extreme heat and a mega-hurricane. In book three, which comes out in the spring, th