The Year is 2042, and the long-predicted tipping point has arrived. For the first time in human history, the economic pyramid has flipped: the feeble old now outnumber the vigorous young, and this untenable situation is intensifying a battle between competing cultural agendas. Reporter Julia Davidson-a formerly award-winning journalist seeking to revive a flagging career-is investigating the growing crisis, unaware that her activity makes her a pawn in an ominous conspiracy. Plagued by nightmares about her absent father, Julia finds herself drawn to the quiet strength of a man she meets at a friend's church. As the engrossing plot of Fatherless unfolds, Julia faces choices that pit professional success asgainst personal survival in an increasingly uncertain and dangerous world. Fatherless vividly imagines a future in which present-day trends come to sinister fruition.