It’s the beginning of the end. It’s official. The folks at
NASA have done all the tests, taken every possibility into account. All the
equations add up; the i’s are all dotted, the t’s are all crossed. It’s an
inevitability. Come October 3rd, a gigantic asteroid will collide
with the Earth, causing a massive chain of apocalyptic events that will lead to
the end of the world as we know it.
But Detective Henry Palace is not feeling fine. He has
little reason to be. After the world’s end was announced, the world went a
little funny in the head. People are leaving their jobs to go “bucket listing”,
doing what they’ve always wanted to do. There’s also been an epidemic of
suicides, as some people decide they don’t want to stick around for the end and
decide on another way to die. People such as the insurance man, Peter Zell,
found in the bathroom of a counterfeit McDonald’s, an apparent suicide. But
something about this suicide seems a bit off, and Detective Palace is
determined to get the full story. It’s not going to be an easy task, because
for all intents and purposes, Henry Palace is The Last Policeman.
