Shipbuilder inexplicably shrinks, gets trapped in basement, few inches tall. Must fight for survival in now-hostile ordinary household environment. Sci-fi premise, no explanation given for shrinking phenomenon.
Clarissa accepts a residency at the Ludovico Institute to work on her next novel with the assistance of Dalloway, an artificial intelligence system. As the novel progresses, Dalloway becomes worryingly overzealous.