The Dark Freeze by Peter Gregory

Author:Peter Gregory
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2019-09-18T16:00:00+00:00

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Illicit Love

While the scientists in America and Russia worked frantically against the tightest deadline they’d ever known to prepare the rockets for launch, NEO teams around the world tracked the asteroid, tracked its trajectory to the nearest inch to provide the most accurate data possible for them to feed into the rockets’ guidance systems. There was no room for error. All five rockets had to reach the asteroid at precisely the same time, otherwise the plan would fail.

During the same period, governments began implementing their contingency plans, moving people away from the coast, away from estuaries and away from low-lying areas. Once thriving coastal resorts became ghost towns as people moved inland to higher ground. Entire areas such as East Anglia were emptied of people. If the asteroid smashed directly into the Earth, it would all be a pointless waste of time but if, as everyone hoped, it was a near miss, countless lives would be saved. Either way, it kept people occupied. Helped take their minds off the approaching asteroid. Helped lessen the feeling of hopelessness.

Billions of people the world over had a decision to make: who to spend their final few months with? Seven billion people had to make that decision. For Liz, it was a no-brainer. She would spend her remaining time with the people she loved most. Her little sister, Baby Blu, and her three-year-old niece, Charlotte. And, of course, she’d spend some time with her boyfriend, Gregg.

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