Zackary Simonini

A tectonic shift deep below the Mariana Trench causes a series of ever escalating earthquakes. If a team of leading seismologists fails to stop the disaster, the events will break apart the Earth, resulting in billions of casualties. Finally, someone’s paying attention to our leading seismologists.

The air is toxic. Murder is a business. Nature is for the wealthy. But if you're a good enough assassin, you may be offered an escape. Killing to earn his way out, The Rider is targeted by shadowy corporations, revolutionaries, and rival assassins clawing their way towards the same escape.

As the New Madrid Fault threatens to tear the U.S. in half, a desperate team of seismologists and government agents race to prevent disaster while the clock ticks down.