Stasis

Paul Evans, a young science lecturer, finds himself trapped inside a mysterious metallic cylinder unearthed in Manchester, England. When he finally emerges he encounters a world ravished by Satan's Pox or Super AIDS. He makes firm friends and bitter enemies. He learns how to survive, how to love, how to hate and how to kill as he crosses the Rubicon between the present time and a bleak, but very plausible future.