STASIS: Part 2: Iterate

by E.W. Osborne

A disaster grows... "It's easy to ignore what's happening. The UK is all the way over there, San Francisco is so far that way. People in middle America are now dying, but who cares about the fly-over states, right? Life feels mostly normal and that's what worries me. We can't let these events be brushed off or we run the risk of being swept away with them. Humans have an innate ability to adapt. There are some things we shouldn't get used to." The catatonic curse. The bizarre epidemic spreads to the suburbs and countryside, releasing cities from its stranglehold. While Americans struggle with a scarlet wave of violence, the British confront their own demons. A spike in suicides, public and private, grip the city of London. Kristine McKay, Penelope Mercier, Neil Briggs, and the others each deal with the constantly shifting state of the world. One hides, another digs for more, one denies the most obvious explanation. They're beginning to understand this battle means more than saving a few lives. It could mean saving everyone... Only a handful search for the truth. Only a few choose to fight rather than ignore. Alone, none have the power to stop it from spreading. Will they be able to connect and piece it together before it's too late? Or will this epidemic again shift, growing far more powerful than they could ever control?

276 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 9, 2017