a DUNHAMS MANOR PRESS EXCLUSIVE from the author of THE SPECTACLE OF THE VOID.The world has moved on and left Cortland behind. His career as an academic has fizzled out, his fianc? is dead, and he remains haunted by the notion that it's his fault. When a consulting firm contacts him with the opportunity of a lifetime-two months off the grid studying slime molds at the bottom of an ancient impact crater-he has no choice but to accept. He soon learns,...