We've all heard this story before. A rogue asteroid is headed toward Earth, and the destruction of all life is imminent. . .unless a band of self-sacrificing loners does something to save us. It's pretty familiar ground that Eric Shapiro's new novel, "It's Only Temporary", published by Permuted Press, treads, except for one thing: there is no intrepid band of saviors. Six weeks ago, the governments of the world announced that no one has any aces up their sleeves. Less than half of one percent of life on the planet is expected to survive impact.