Does the Doomsday Clock Scare You? In PACE, Ex-physicist K.M. Halpern Envisions Something Much Worse
Humanity faces an eerie, intractable threat in this Sci-Fi Thriller by an MIT PhD in physics.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- What would you do if everyone knew when and where they would die? If an invisible enemy was making its way toward you at a slow, steady pace? These are the questions humanity faces as it struggles for survival in K.M. Halpern's debut novel, PACE. Written with a scientist's perspective, PACE is not a typical apocalyptic novel. It focuses on timely social issues such as the treatment of immigrants, the limits of authority, and the stability of society in the face of extreme adversity.
K.M. Halpern holds a PhD in theoretical physics from MIT, has served as Managing Director at a major Wall Street firm, and presently is building a software company in the Cambridge area. Despite this, society allows him to wander free.
In PACE, a mysterious "Front" appears one day, slowly expanding outward and threatening humanity's 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.
Through the lens of several people's lives and a variety of stories, essays, and TV transcripts, readers experience a world struggling to come to grips with its impending mortality. Kirkus Reviews describes PACE as "A pitch-black global thriller that is nevertheless supremely intimate."
PACE is available February 26 online and through bookstores everywhere. Visit http://www.kmhalpern.com for details, or contact Epsilon Books for a review copy.
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