"Downwind" is meant to be a narrative telling two parallel stories.
In a parallel story, she has been searching for her son.
It features five parallel stories with human group behaviour as the common theme.
A parallel story occurred in the Philippines at the same time.
The novel is set as parallel stories in each chapter, dealing with a particular character or a group of characters.
At the two senior networks, remarkably parallel stories were unfolding.
Now he had a parallel story to which he could compare his own.
He has stated that it is not a traditional sequel, but rather a "parallel story".
A parallel story resides on Angie's branch of the family tree.
The two parallel stories merely crash at the end in obligatory violence.