A dream London flat. A global lockdown. And a secret that will alter the world forever.
Twenty-something Joe thinks he has cracked the system. He’s arrogant, ambitious, and has just scored a stunning, suspiciously cheap flat-share in the heart of London. His live-in landlord is eccentric, but the rent is a steal, and the location is perfect. It’s early 2020, and he’s ready to conquer the city. To top it off, he meets a smart Irish LSE student managing a local neighbourhood bar, sparking a romance that makes the city feel alive.
Then the pandemic hits.
As the borders close and London locks down, Joe finds himself trapped inside the walls of his too-good-to-be-true apartment. But isolation brings more than just cabin fever. Joe discovers that his mysterious landlord, Kang, is a brilliant scientist running a secret, controversial laboratory right inside the flat. Instead of staying hidden, Joe is pulled into the fray. He finds himself actively helping to run a covert COVID defense lab to engineer an antidote to the very virus locking down the world.
Cut off from the outside world and trying to keep his new romance alive between lockdowns, Joe must navigate a claustrophobic reality where the stakes couldn’t be higher. In a world forced to stand still, his life is about to change forever.
Perfect for fans of Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library and Blake Crouch, this is a gripping, grounded speculative fiction novel that blends sharp British contemporary drama with a high-stakes, mild sci-fi twist.
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