SURVIVING THE PLAGUE OF HOMO SAPIENS A year has passed since Jim Easom woke up. He is no longer alone. Jenny, Arch, and he have spent a winter together and grown to love and trust one another. Now they are off again in their trusty Prius, on their trek to the promised land in northern Canada, where they have an appointment: Jim wants to meet the one voice that he spoke with for precious seconds over shortwave radio. Soon after leaving Thunder Bay, trying to make their way to north west to Winnipeg, the three were nearly swept away in a terrible flood, but following a more southerly route through the USA, they won through. Now, as spring breaks out over the prairies, their spirits rise. But they cannot escape the existential terror that lurks in the background: are they the only ones? Despite having left hundreds of markers to alert others to their presence, they have found not a single trace of another living soul. Now, suddenly, they hear a motorcycle roaring toward them down the desolate highway. AN ENVIRONMENTAL NOVEL