Deep Cut

Seventeen-year-old Milani never thought survival would mean choosing between who she was and who she has to become.

When a fast-spreading outbreak turns her city into a graveyard of the living, Milani is forced to flee with nothing but a backpack, and the fading hope that the people she once knew might still be alive. The world she knew-school hallways, late-night texts, dreams of the future-collapses overnight, replaced by empty streets, echoing silence, and the constant threat of the infected.

But the dead aren't the only danger.

As Milani navigates abandoned towns and shifting alliances with other survivors, she begins to realize that staying human is harder than staying alive. Trust is fragile, fear is relentless, and every choice carries consequences that can't be undone.

Torn between protecting others and protecting herself, Milani must confront what she's willing to lose-and what she refuses to become-in a world where hope is as rare as safety.

In this gripping coming-of-age survival story, resilience is tested, morality is blurred, and one girl's fight to endure becomes a powerful journey of identity, courage, and the cost of survival.