A virus begins in a remote corner of the world.
Within weeks, it spreads across continents. Borders mean nothing. Distance means nothing. By the time people understand what it is, it is already too late.
More than 99.9% of the population is gone.
What remains is not just an empty world, but a changed one.
Hudson is a thousand miles from home when everything collapses. His family is gone, the rules are gone, and the road ahead is filled with silence and uncertainty. As he makes his way across a broken country, he discovers something unexpected. Survival is not just about finding food and shelter. It is about finding people.
Some are worth saving.
Some are not.
In the ruins of the Midwest, small groups begin to form. Communities built on trust, fear, and power. Leaders rise. Some protect. Others control. And in a world without law, the difference between the two can mean life or death.
This is a story of survival, of rebuilding, and of what people become when everything is taken away.