After an EMP strike plunges America into darkness, the world grows deadly. Hannah Sheridan has survived years of captivity and civilization's collapse. Now, heavily pregnant and wounded, with her faithful dog Ghost dying from a bullet wound, she must reach home—a brutal journey through a frozen wasteland—to the family she was stolen from. Former Delta operator Liam Coleman's mission is simple: deliver Hannah safely to Fall Creek, then settle his own debts with the past. But with Ghost critically injured and Pike stalking them through the snow, every mile is a battle. Every contraction a ticking clock. In Fall Creek, Noah Sheridan fights to hold his broken town together after horrific violence shatters their fragile peace. He'd built a safe place for his son Milo, surviving the cold and chaos. But as grief turns to fury and neighbors turn against each other, he faces an impossible choice: protect what remains or risk everything to save it all. In the ashes of the old world, some build communities. Others build empires. And some just want to watch it all burn.
