"The world is broken. It's broken and it wants to kill us. All of us. I think it might succeed."
At Christmas, the city was attacked by an unknown force. All Faith and her friends know of it is the fallout: a tainted sky that throws down acid rain, and a Sickness that kills and warps everyone it touches.
There is no help coming. There is no food being grown or fresh clothes being made. All they have to live on is what they can scavenge, and those supplies are only getting harder to find.
It's August now. They've lost friends and gained new members since the bomb went off, and it's time to start looking for a way to sustain themselves before there are no more scraps to find.
The only lead they have is a distant radio message. Will it hold the promise of a future? Can they forge a new world in the ashes of the old one?