human capital
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Jiuli Szeto hasn't spoken to her older sister, Bridgette, since she packed her bags, left their industrial Rust Belt town for college in New York, and never looked back, leaving Jiuli to nurse their mom ailing with lung cancer alone. After the spread of a deadly airborne virus that turns organs purple, the sisters are reunited when Bridgette arrives at Jiuli's doorstep--laid off from her Wall Street job and in desperate need of a place to stay.
No running electricity. Innocent causalities. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years molding into one endless stream of suffering. This is their new normal.
Together, they must learn how to protect themselves from the infection, scavenge resources, understand the difference between surviving and living, and turn the ruins of their town into a thriving community once more. But most importantly, they must repair their strained relationship...if it can be fixed at all.
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