Worried about the looming apocalypse that he is certain will arrive on New Year's Eve, 1999, Randall, a twenty-five-year-old puppeteer, sets out to warn his loved ones of the impending doom, but he spirals into despair as all his warnings are futile, until he encounters a group of Texas survivalists and a woman who will transform his life. A first novel. 20,000 first printing.