Pace

A mysterious Front originating in Scotland and slowly expanding outward threatens humanitys existence. In defiance of the known laws of physics it only kills humans and is otherwise undetectable. Panic-stricken nations struggle against both the advancing menace and a tide of civil unrest. Desperate individuals must find their own paths and find them quickly. Although very slow the Front can be deceptively difficult to escape. Mankind has only a few years to pool its rapidly dwindling resources and save itself from extinction. Amid growing chaos the novel follows the choices made by a Glaswegian shopkeeper fleeing her rioting city two National Guardsmen facing an impossible situation in the mountains of Colorado a young girl whose family is disintegrating around her and a desperate Chinese prisoner facing the unknown. A last ditch effort by a brilliant scientist and her inexperienced protege may represent humanitys only hope.Through the lens of these lives and a variety of other stories essays and TV transcripts we experience a world struggling to come to grips with its impending mortality. Prisoners are sacrificed governments bomb their own people to halt the waves of refugees suicidal sports form and life becomes a race for survival against the slowest but surest of enemies.