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One Billion Seconds is a propulsive, character-driven thriller about what happens when a mysterious countdown appears on every screen in the world—and one woman's fight to survive her own deadline.
The app appeared at dawn. No one knows where it came from. No one can turn it off. For every person on Earth, a number now counts down to the moment of their predicted death. For paramedic Daniel Reyes, that number is thirty-one years. For his wife, Elena Marquez-Reyes, it is nine days.
As the world descends into panic, Daniel and Elena discover that the countdowns are not predictions—they are assignments. A shadowy corporation called Palisade has spent years building a system designed to optimize human behavior by making mortality visible. Now that system is loose, and it doesn't just forecast death—it arranges it.
When Elena's timer drops without warning, Daniel must confront an impossible choice: follow his training to save lives at any cost, or honor his wife's wish to decide how she spends her remaining time. Together with a ragtag group of "nulls"—people the system cannot predict—they race to expose the truth before Elena's number reaches zero.
But the system is watching. And it will do anything to protect its prophecy.
Set in a rain-slicked Toronto and spanning hidden tunnels, corporate control rooms, and a desperate final stand at Union Station, One Billion Seconds is a story about mortality, love, and the human cost of turning prediction into permission. For readers of Blake Crouch's Dark Matter and Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven, this debut novel asks: when the future becomes a number, who gets to decide what matters?
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. One Billion Seconds is a propulsive, character-driven thriller about what happens when a mysterious countdown appears on every screen in the world-and one woman's fight to survive her own deadline.The app appeared at dawn. No one knows where it came from. No one can turn it off. For every person on Earth, a number now counts down to the moment of their predicted death. For paramedic Daniel Reyes, that number is thirty-one years. For his wife, Elena Marquez-Reyes, it is nine days.As the world descends into panic, Daniel and Elena discover that the countdowns are not predictions-they are assignments. A shadowy corporation called Palisade has spent years building a system designed to optimize human behavior by making mortality visible. Now that system is loose, and it doesn't just forecast death-it arranges it.When Elena's timer drops without warning, Daniel must confront an impossible choice: follow his training to save lives at any cost, or honor his wife's wish to decide how she spends her remaining time. Together with a ragtag group of "nulls"-people the system cannot predict-they race to expose the truth before Elena's number reaches zero.But the system is watching. And it will do anything to protect its prophecy.Set in a rain-slicked Toronto and spanning hidden tunnels, corporate control rooms, and a desperate final stand at Union Station, One Billion Seconds is a story about mortality, love, and the human cost of turning prediction into permission. For readers of Blake Crouch's Dark Matter and Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven, this debut novel asks: when the future becomes a number, who gets to decide what matters? This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798185952740
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. One Billion Seconds is a propulsive, character-driven thriller about what happens when a mysterious countdown appears on every screen in the world-and one woman's fight to survive her own deadline.The app appeared at dawn. No one knows where it came from. No one can turn it off. For every person on Earth, a number now counts down to the moment of their predicted death. For paramedic Daniel Reyes, that number is thirty-one years. For his wife, Elena Marquez-Reyes, it is nine days.As the world descends into panic, Daniel and Elena discover that the countdowns are not predictions-they are assignments. A shadowy corporation called Palisade has spent years building a system designed to optimize human behavior by making mortality visible. Now that system is loose, and it doesn't just forecast death-it arranges it.When Elena's timer drops without warning, Daniel must confront an impossible choice: follow his training to save lives at any cost, or honor his wife's wish to decide how she spends her remaining time. Together with a ragtag group of "nulls"-people the system cannot predict-they race to expose the truth before Elena's number reaches zero.But the system is watching. And it will do anything to protect its prophecy.Set in a rain-slicked Toronto and spanning hidden tunnels, corporate control rooms, and a desperate final stand at Union Station, One Billion Seconds is a story about mortality, love, and the human cost of turning prediction into permission. For readers of Blake Crouch's Dark Matter and Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven, this debut novel asks: when the future becomes a number, who gets to decide what matters? This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798185952740
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