The Distance Between the Lights

By Colin Linder

LOCKDOWN TRAPPED THEM TOGETHER. THE SILENCE PULLED THEM APART.

When the 2020 pandemic locks tech consultant Elena and structural engineer Marcus inside their high-rise condo, they expect to safely weather a temporary global crisis. They have the perfect routine: synchronized Zoom schedules, precise domestic order, and a shared life built entirely on reliability.

But isolation isn't neutral.

As the weeks blur, the forced quiet strips away the insulation of their eight-year marriage. Behind closed doors, safety begins to feel like a cage. When an unresolved past re-emerges through an unexpected digital connection, their carefully engineered stability faces total structural failure.

Love in the Time of COVID is a raw, claustrophobic exploration of intimacy, habit, and internal reckoning. It's a story about what happens when the world stops moving-and you're finally forced to look at what you've built.

Can a relationship survive when the insulation is gone and the fault lines are exposed?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H29NRF7Q
• ISBN13: 9798197523600
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"