The end of the world isn't what you'd expect in this gripping postapocalyptic horror debut about trauma, survival, love, hope, and found family—with a very good dog.

Even before the apocalypse, Remembrance Kingston didn't have an ordinary life, raised by doomsday preppers deep in the woods. And when ninety-nine percent of the world's population dropped dead and strange creatures started whispering in the forest, the rules her father drilled into her became even more important if she wanted to survive.

Now, Remy lives on alone with only her faithful dog, Clementine, and the decaying ghosts of her family for company, Waiting. Always waiting, for her childhood friend Hunter to come back to her, like he promised he would. But when a strange, savage child called Rabbit turns up on her doorstep, with news of his whereabouts, Remy will discover that she is stronger and more powerful than she ever knew. And for the people she loves, she will take on the whole damned world.