The plague had come so suddenly, so violently, that it was impossible to know anything for certain. In the mountains Ara had asked her father why she had survived-- the only female to survive. Kaden and his crew catch Ada stealing from them; she is the first girl they have seen in three years. He takes her captive to protect her, but she remains determined to follow through on her father's mission: Go back to the beginning and end the plague.

Content warning: violence, attempted sexual assault, fighting, animal death.