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A mysterious virus strikes the planet, rapidly decimating more than two-thirds of the global population. It doesn't spread through human contact but instead attaches to enclosed spaces, lying in wait to infect any nearby living being. Burn mandates are necessary, leaving behind a trail of destruction. With no cure or end in sight, survivors are forced to seek hope elsewhere.

For three years, the virus ravaged the world, bringing relentless sickness, uncertainty, and staggering loss.  Families, cities, and entire nations collapsed into chaos. The survivors would never know normalcy again. With no one left to sustain major grids, power and communication failed, flickering only in brief, random bursts. As another wave looms, many set out in search for safer lands - better lands.

With over two-thirds of the world's population wiped out, survivors are forced to adapt to a harsh new reality - living on the streets, in forests, open fields, and makeshift tent communities. They exist among the ashes of a broken world, surrounded by the stench of death. In Vermont, a group sets out for a rumored virus-free land on a Kentucky peninsula. Led by 16-year-old Rosa Wells, they embark on a grueling 45-day foot journey, forging friendships, finding love, facing betrayal, and enduring violence. As tensions rise and loyalties fracture, rage turns deadly. When they finally reach the better lands, survival is far from guaranteed.