The O.D.

A virgin landmass is 'extruded' into the Bay of Biscay by a solar-tidal magmatic pulse. Waiting to claim the emerging island are 80 people in a flotilla of trussed up barges with supplies to last a year. Who are these accidental tourists? How did they know the island would be surfacing? And what do they plan to do with it if their claim to sovereignty is accepted by the world community? Racy and thought-provoking, The O.D. paints a picture of how humanity's rush to self-destruction could be halted, given the global will to take a colossal leap... backwards. In 'The O.D.', Penzance-based American writer, Chris James, floats an alternative and controversial remedy towards tackling the ills of the planet and restoring it to a state of equilibrium. The priests have had their day... it's time to send in the plumbers