However, the expert scientists were quickly proven wrong when a mining expedition off the Antarctica coast released an enormous amount of methane gas coupled with Brite into the atmosphere. A solar flare charged the compound producing a surging electrical current that altered the magnetic field and shredded large chunks of the ozone layer. The atmosphere had become a constant array of florescent glowing colors bathed the planet in 24 hour light while virtually hiding the stars and the moon from view. Climates and ecosystems are changing for the worst as droughts, floods, famine, and plague become an everyday occurrence. The world is divided as to how to deal with the man-made catastrophe.
Some people believe that the apocalypse is now.
They use drugs and other stimulation to revel in the final days of doom as they feast on the death throes of a dying civilization. While others like John struggle to keep the decaying world out of his enclave. This is the world entering what appears to be the final millennium. This apocalyptic fiction is for hard core fans of the end of the world science fiction. Though extremely well written and exciting, Elizabeth Hand paints a depressing picture of a future destroyed by scientific haughtiness.