"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.