The acceleration of Earth’s spin begins gradually. At first, days are just a few seconds shorter than normal. Awareness of the mysterious phenomenon hasn’t reached Tanner, who lands an unlikely job at CWC, the operator of a network of massive aircraft that orbit the Earth at 30,000 feet, revolutionizing global transportation. Now goods and people can travel anywhere in little more than an hour. But CWC is shaken by a wave of social unrest and protest. That unrest sweeps up Winnie, a high school outcast. As days on Earth quicken to 23 hours, then 20, the sun rising and setting ever faster, causing violent storms and political meltdowns, Tanner and Winnie’s stories spiral closer together. They meet Victor Bickle --- the self-aggrandizing TV scientist whose shameful secret will bind Tanner and Winnie’s fates...if they can uncover it before the Earth spins so fast that even gravity might lose its grip.