In 2017, a revolution sweeps the world, demanding an end to human intimacy. Decades later, the movement is a success and society has become isolated and bitter. Detective Inspector J145/08Y is a slave to the system, born, bred and devoated to it. No family. No future. No hope. When the body of a petty criminal is found west of Edinburgh, holding clues to a past that most would rather forget about, society is pushed to breaking point. With the authorities determined to contain the situation, J145/08Y is ordered to pursue the leads to the end of the world and stop the perpetrators, whatever the cost...