A Scent of New-Mown Hay

Tony looked through the glass and suddenly his head seemed to swell. There was a roaring in his ears and his eyes were very painful. He gripped the case and forced himself to go on working.

So that was it. That was what stood at the end of the maze. That was the thing that ran behind you in a dream and which you must never see.

He turned blindly away from the case, groping for a chair and fighting his desire to vomit.

Now Tony knew what it was, the nameless thing that was destroying humanity. But where had it come from, and how long had they got to find the antidote?