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Content levels
ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild
Trigger warnings
DeathMass DeathPlague/EpidemicPandemic
Positive tags
SurvivalHopeful Ending
Tropes
Climate FictionPandemicDystopiaSocial SFHard SFRogue AIPost-Apocalyptic
Themes
Unintended ConsequencesEnvironmental CatastropheCorporate GreedSurvivalHumanity's HubrisTechnological DisasterSocietal Breakdown
Synopsis
It's the largest oil spill in a crashed supertanker in San Francisco Bay. Desperate to avert environmental damage―and a PR disaster―the multinational oil company releases an untested "designer microbe" to break up the spill. An "oil-eating" microbe, designed to consume anything made of oil, gasoline, synthetic fabrics, and of course plastic. What the company doesn't realize is that their microbe propagates through the air. But when every car in the Bay Area turns up with an empty gas tank, they begin to suspect something is terribly wrong. And when, in just a few days, every piece of plastic in the world has dissolved, it's too late...
Tags
Techno-ThrillerDisaster FictionApocalyptic FictionCorporate Thriller