"Derek, are you one of those hipster fucks who brings their minimalist laptop to an immigrant shop just to post 'what’s your motivation #WritingCommunity?'” Yes. I am that person.

A prominent research scientist has been found dead in his home holding nothing but a cryptic final warning about the end times. Word of his death spreads like wildfire, and the city is soon ablaze with hysteria and conspiracy. As powerful opportunists and dormant forces awaken to quell the chaos,...