What must a man do when the world suddenly becomes unrecognizable because of a worldwide sickness? He does whatever it takes to keep his daughter, his grandson, and himself alive from one day to the next. But at the same time he can't give up hope of finding a better life for them all.Set in an unnamed American city, this novel follows a small family from one surprising event to the next. There are good times and many hard ones when survival is the primary goal.The first chapter of this novel appeared as a story in the Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine January-February 2022 edition.