In a desperate attempt to avert the coming ice age that will wipe out civilisation, the Great Powers have agreed to embark on the most monumental gamble of all time 100 Days to Save the World.

Searching for the awful truth behind the 100 Days project, Irith is tormented by the Yellow Armbands, then hunted from blizzard-struck London to the Scottish Highlands and across the wild North Sea.

In a United States terrorized by gun-toting militias trying to bring down the President, Irith is forced to confront the worst nightmare any 21st-century woman can face, as she struggles to uncover the ghastly secret of the Life Lottery before 100 days are up.

Writing in The Sydney Morning Herald reviewer Tim Cadman noted: "Despite its incredibly gloomy theme the book is simply impossible to put down.

The pace never slacks off, almost to the point of nervous exhaustion for the reader, since the relentless, action-driven narrative scarcely leaves time even for a coffee break.