<p><b>Winner, H.R. (Bill) Percy Novel Prize <br>Finalist, Amazon.ca First Novel Award <br>Finalist, Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award <br>Finalist, Ottawa Book Award</b></p><p>In the backwoods of Nova Scotia, a man has decided to withdraw from the world and live off the land. Meanwhile, news reports begin to trickle in of a global catastrophe. Someone has released a genetically modified strain of bacteria that devours plastic. The world will never again be the same.</p><p>In this masterfully atmospheric novel, both apocalyptic in scope and intimate in setting, Scott Fotheringham cracks opens Pandora’s box to let loose a trail of chilling consequences.</p>
Scott Fotheringham used his experience as a research scientist in New York to write this novel. He holds a PhD from Cornell University in molecular genetics and a BSc from the University of Guelph. He left Manhattan and a life in science to live in the country. He now lives and writes near Ottawa, after a sojourn near Halifax. He works at Philpott Communications, working with companies in visual effects, digital camera, broadcast, and manufacturing. The Rest is Silence is his first novel.