First published 2018
Seeds fall from deep space and scatter across Earth, marking what might be the opening move of an alien invasion. Or perhaps something stranger still. The protagonist watches as a gradual apocalypse unfolds around the planet, transforming everything it touches. Plants mutate and spread. Animals adapt in unexpected ways. Microbes evolve at lightning speed while larger organisms change more slowly. Each form of life operates on its own timeline, creating a cascade of changes that no single human lifespan seems long enough to fully comprehend. The central question becomes whether one person can decode the mystery before time runs out. The protagonist must determine how much time remains and what scale of measurement even applies when dealing with an event that operates across multiple biological and temporal dimensions. This is a story about the race to understand a transformation that affects every living thing on Earth.
Genres: science-fiction, mystery, thriller, apocalyptic
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: race-against-time, unreliable-narrator
42 pages · Kindle Edition · Tor Books