Tumble: The 35th Parallel

Book Three in the Tumble series is a direct continuation of Book two, where the subsequent global outrage at the Golden Capricorn incident forces President Sinclair to disclose the tumble to the world.

Emergency services and utility staff stage a walkout after employers notify their workforce that payrolls could not be met because of the bank closures, and amid the ensuing chaos and rapidly collapsing infrastructure, anarchy spreads across the northern states. As violent and wanton acts of barbarism erupt in the city streets, Cobra’s team are preparing to evacuate New York. Chavez and Arnie negotiate an amnesty with rival gangs, who band together to form a rag-tag militia, while Linnet is tasked to commandeer a train at Pennsylvania Station. The intention is to travel south to the thirty-fifth parallel, where a confrontation with the US Army is inevitable if they are to achieve their ultimate goal—to cross into the twilight zone.

President Sinclair abandons the White House as enmity explodes in Washington, DC, and China tries to avert an incursion by the Russian and Mongolian armies, who have formed an alliance to invade the Asian nation.

Meanwhile, the massive winter storm that has blanketed Southern Argentina for ten days, moves out. Carlos Castelli, the country’s top meteorologist, is ordered to Puerto Madryn by President Hernandez to advise the military search and rescue parties on the weather conditions. The incredulous scene that awaits him on his arrival is beyond anything he could ever imagine.

The temperature in Australia is plummeting, and when they discover an extraordinary phenomenon advancing at a pertinacious pace towards the continent from Antarctica, Prime Minister Sydney Bishop appeals to Chairman Yuan Tien of China to admit thirteen million Australian refugees.