Summary

As Stella gets ready in Chapter 34, the news lists the crises taking place globally. Car pileups, roadblocks, epidemic violence, countless fatalities, and blackouts are just some of the problems being faced by the world. The iceberg in Clachan Fells is mentioned as the largest seen outside the Arctic and the world may be plunging into an Ice Age as temperatures in the UK dip below negative fifty. Stella goes outside to chip away at the icicles that hang from the roof of their caravan to the ground. They are running low on supplies and the ambulance has broken down with only one piece of furniture left to sell. She breaks a piece of the icicle off and drinks water out of one end. Stella grabs a bag, her binoculars and an empty can of deodorant and heads towards the industrial park. She makes...