Divided we live, united we fall. In a world where human proximity triggers a deadly reaction, a virtual relationship via CB radio is a lifefline for a woman alone-until it isn't.In the aftermath of a global outbreak that has turned human contact into a certain death sentence, the last woman on Earth battles isolation and psychological breakdown with the help of a man whose voice crackles through her CB transceiver.
Confined to a remote mountain cabin, Hannah subsists on canned food and her nightly transmissions with Joe. Their calls help Hannah keep a grip on reality but her reliance on him comes at an unexpected price-their over the-airwaves relationship becomes intimate, intrusive, and finally crosses a threshold that reveals the secret of her hidden refuge and fractures her tenuous sense of safety. When the traumas of the past collide with an uncertain future, Hannah must determine if the radio signal is her salvation or the return of a familiar threat.
Debut author Sophie Ganic explores the pitfalls of both autonomy and connection in this searing and claustrophobic twist on domestic noir and feminist post-apocalyptic horror. Sophie Ganic writes cyberpunk and dystopian stories that weave together the speculative and the profoundly human. Drawing upon her PhD in molecular biology and her experience in cancer research, she explores the what-ifs of technological evolution and the ways these advances can send us backward. From her home in Vancouver, BC, she uses the relentless pace of innovation as a catalyst for examining the relationship between our choices and their consequences. Frequencies is her first novel. My name is Hannah Meadows. I'm looking for survivors. If you can hear this, please respond on frequency 9. Jerome is gone. Gerald and Margaret and Parker are gone. The world is gone.
Confined to a remote cabin, Hannah's only connection to the outside world is her CB radio, which she uses to communicate with two other survivors, Joe and Richard. As their individual needs and desires become entangled over the airwaves, Hannah must confront both the potentially lethal environment beyond her refuge and the demons from her past.
