In this dark sequel to The Levels,�it's back to�Newport City where men and women walk the streets, their lives literally ticking away
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The Clocks are victims of a new serial crime, their existence kept secret by the authorities for fear of a wave of spreading�panic. Kidnapped by the mysterious Curator and subjected to the
Curse?a medical procedure which ensures a fatal drug will be released into their nervous system one year after implantation?they are headed for certain death. But now they are fighting back.
A suicidal Clock, determined to bring their plight to the public's attention, has detonated a bomb, killing dozens. Journalist Maya Cassinelli, whose ex-boyfriend is one of the dead, and cop
Charlie Garrett, whose Clock girlfriend is about to die, are on a desperate search for answers, closely shadowed by members of the elite Foundation, who want control of the Curse's
revolutionary and lucrative biotechnology. With everyone hunting the Cure, who will find it first? The Clocks are ticking.