❛ . . . Seungmin sighs. He hasn't risen from his place. He stares out at the rapid and shakes his head. "Honestly, staying here is probably better than going anywhere else," he says inwardly. "Not like we even know where we're going anyway, do we?" . . . ❜ OR: Eight best friends become trapped in the basement and come out a month later to a world that is not at all how they remember it.

Two years after the world fell silent, survival has become routine. In the ruins of a forgotten city, Hyunjin keeps count of the days. Felix keeps the others alive with laughter. Together, they've built something close to peace - a fragile base of warmth in a cold, dying world. But when a routine supply run goes wrong, the cracks begin to show. Whispers of a cure resurface. Hope takes root in a place it shouldn't. And in the space between fear and devotion, love becomes the most dangerous thing left alive.