Searching for the reason behind two apparent suicides, two men embark on a quest for truth leading them to question the very nature of existence.
Set in contemporary England and spanning a period of six weeks, the story unfolds through two converging plot threads.
Beginning with the funeral of a renowned classical violinist in a small rural hamlet in the lake district, a former theoretical physicist tries to make sense of his brother's suicide.
Across the country, a university student, enjoying the unexpected attentions of a sexy enigmatic seductress, is disturbed when his best friend falls to his death from the thirteenth floor of a neighbouring campus tower block.
As each tries to unravel the mystery behind the apparent suicides, they are drawn into an obsessive search for a computer generated video sequence, which promises to have startling effects on human consciousness and might just pave the way for discovery of the ultimate Theory of Everything.
GENRE
If I had to pin a label on this, I might call it a philosophical / scientific thriller. I hesitate to use SF since the peppering of science (String theory, neuroscience, quantum physics) is all based on science fact. On the spectrum from SF to literary fiction I have aimed for the literary end.