<p><b>Winner, H.R. (Bill) Percy Novel Prize<br />Finalist, Amazon.ca First Novel Award<br />Finalist, Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award<br />Finalist, Ottawa Book Award</b></p><p>In the backwoods of Nova Scotia, a man has decided to withdraw from the world and live off the land. Meanwhile, news reports begin to trickle in of a global catastrophe. Someone has released a genetically modified strain of bacteria that devours plastic. The world will never again be the same.</p><p>In this masterfully atmospheric novel, both apocalyptic in scope and intimate in setting, Scott Fotheringham cracks opens Pandora’s box to let loose a trail of chilling consequences.</p>