Drop by drop

the long version

Plastic mysteriously begins to liquefy, leading to the failure of major electronics and disruption in the lives of the people of Sycamore River. Global catastrophe looms as all plastic mysteriously liquefies. All the small components making many technologies possible-- navigation systems, communications, medical equipment-- fail. In Sycamore River, life is disrupted. Everything people depended on melts around them, with sometimes fatal results. All they can rely upon is themselves. And this is only the beginning ... -- adapted from jacket.