The solution to the previous (fairly short) puzzle.

A) I Will Repay
B) Add
C) Neolithic
D) Repudiated
E) Mrs Warrens Profession
F) Ash
G) Cot
H) Lot
I) Elephants can remember
J) Offload
K) Dot
L) Ewok
M) Ness
N) This side of Paradise
O) As
P) New
Q) God
R) Lop
S) Esk
T) Depth

First letters read: Ian R Macleod, Entangled.

The text: People walked the streets wearing facemasks or climbed into their panic rooms or headed for hilltops and deserted islands with years supplies of food and weapons.