Prodigal Summer

"Prodigal Summer" according to the "Lost Library," researchers, was a bacteria created at the beginning of the XXI century in the laboratories of a Californian University. It was hoped that this microbe could eat the floating plastic trash island in the North Pacific Ocean, which was a concern worldwide. After many years of continued investigation, the bacteria was finally tested on a major scale in a floating garbage can in a Central American lake. After seven days the microbe pulverized the surface of 66 tons of plastic waste; the trash island disappeared, leaving the global population with a great hope for its non-biodegradable garbage. A few days later, a green-blue slightly solidified mass appeared floating in the lake. In the following weeks it converted into a quasi-plastic element, yet more resistant and harder than steel. It appears that these experiments served to turn the garbage into yet a different element. Years later, under the influence of another added microbe, the new substance was used in the design and engineering of homes, bridges, cars, etc. "Prodigal Summer" contains the enigma of the "Supla-Pet" microbe, now transformed into the most valuable resource in the trading market, beating gold, diamonds and plutonium.