Deepfreeze

In a world ravaged by a fast‑spreading bacterial plague, the last of America’s industrial tycoons hides in a remote Sierra lodge, plotting a daring escape off‑planet. Edwin Dollard, a cold‑hearted magnate, watches the death‑toll on a telescreen while his loyal aide Garth prepares a private ship bound for a pathogen‑free haven on Venus. Their conversation reveals a chilling philosophy: survival at any cost, even if it means abandoning the rest of humanity.

Outside, desperate refugees flood the mountain passes, the landscape patrolled by armed thugs who will shoot anyone without permission. The clash between the privileged few and the starving masses underscores the novel’s gritty survival ethic and raises unsettling questions about what humanity is worth when its future hangs in the balance. As the countdown to launch ticks down, listeners are drawn into a tense, morally ambiguous race against an inevitable, unseen enemy.