In a world ravaged by war, famine, and death, a lone orphan struggles to survive in the ruins of civilization. Sana, now twenty-seven, carries a secret that scares her; a secret that she would sooner wish to forget.
Logan has picked his place in the Huckleberry Mountains, a sixty acre parcel that was never meant to be open to outsiders. For many years, he's kept a dark secret to himself, but when a hungry, desperate woman breaks into his property, he finds that she quickly breaks through all of his defenses-even the one that surrounds his heart.
The Brilliance at the End is a short story that explores the meaning of companionship, hope, and love.