The Unstoppable Rise of Minister Karsten Richter

A Satire

  • A scathing political satire on the climate crisis and our current government
  • From the author of the bestselling Dengler crime series
  • Topics: Political Satire, Environmental Activism, Berlin Politics

Wolfgang Schorlau delivers a biting commentary on a political milieu that prioritizes power over the planet, centering on a politician whose career is threatened by his own mother.

In 2025 Berlin, the gas lobby pushes for Karsten Richter to become minister to avert climate neutrality measures. However, Richter's mother, a first-generation climate activist, decides to intervene, kidnapping herself to send a message about her son's lack of environmental conscience. A dramatic and absurd game of cat-and-mouse ensues in the corridors of power.

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  • Publisher: Kiepenheuer&Witsch
  • Release: 12.02.2026
  • ISBN: 978-3-462-01810-3
  • 160 Pages
  • Author: Wolfgang Schorlau
The Unstoppable Rise of Minister Karsten Richter
Wolfgang Schorlau The Unstoppable Rise of Minister Karsten Richter
Reiner Pfisterer
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Wolfgang Schorlau

Wolfgang Schorlau is a bestselling author known for his meticulously researched political crime novels, which have sold over 1.7 million copies. He received the German Crime Fiction Award (2006) and the Stuttgart Crime Fiction Award (2012, 2014) and the Stuttgart Ebner Stolz Business Crime-Fiction Prize (2019). 

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