You feel it just below the ribs : a novel

A manuscript containing the life story of Dr. Miriam Gregory is discovered under the floorboards of an attic room in Stockholm. It speaks of growing up during the Great Reckoning, a sprawling, decades-long war that nearly decimates humanity and strips her of friends and family. Devastated by grief and loneliness, she emotionally exiles herself, avoiding relationships or allegiances, and throws herself into her work - disengagement that serves her...