The Last Act of Recorded Time

The world has ground to a halt. There is no warning, no alarm, just a catch in the fabric of reality; a dramatic moment where nothing and nobody moves. The result is a world where humanity is suspended at its worst possible point; where everything is frozen in time. Except for John Bellis, seemingly the only survivor of the Freeze, who discovers that his wife has been having an affair. Not only that, but the adulterer, Felix Poole, has also survived and Bellis sets about scouring the altered city for the last man to sleep with his wife.When he meets Fee, a woman with her own traumatic story to tell, they take comfort in no longer being alone and set out to discover how many other survivors are walking the city's streets. It is more than they could ever have imagined, for the Authority, a self-appointed militia unit operating under the auspices of Colonel Walt Whitney have taken it upon themselves to round up anyone not affected by the Freeze. One of these is Jacob Fuller who saves them from a vicious attack by the Associates, the soldiers operating under Whitney's command.Determined to find out more, Bellis, Fuller and Fee discover the horrifying truth of Whitney's agency, and the experiments being conducted in his name.

They learn of the Tommies, survivors just like them, who Whitney has lobotomized in order to try and isolate their immunity to the Freeze. And they discover the risks they'll have to take just to stay alive, when everything they ever believed in has been destroyed.