Pretty much anyone over eighteen worked the refineries outside of town. They were hit first, leaving the majority of the kids of New Hope orphans within a matter of hours, including Marley and her sister, Bill. Two years later, and just a few months shy of Marley's seventeenth birthday, her and Bill have learned to get by, through skill and a lot of luck. They've made a home out of the old high school at the south end of town, taking in other lost souls needing shelter, rarely leaving their enclosed compound. But a wave of horror is approaching, and Marley is terrified of what that could bring for her, her sister, and the others she has taken under her wing.
Elliot Jensen and Elliot Fintry have a lot in common. They share the same name, the same house, the same school, oh and they hate each other but, as they will quickly learn, there is a fine line between love and hate.