by Collin Poe·Translated by Novel AI Studio
Seventy years after the Great Fall, humanity clings to existence in scattered, low-tech settlements. The walking dead are now a rare, shambling menace, but their mystery endures. Naive and wide-eyed, Nolan finds himself thrust into an unlikely apprenticeship under the enigmatic 'Doc' - a grizzled, obsessive recluse who believes the zombies still harbor a secret. Nolan, haunted by the loss of his family to the dwindling but still present hordes, clings to Doc's research as his only path to understanding. As they journey through the desolate ruins of a forgotten world, unearthing grim experiments and unsettling truths, Nolan will confront not just the horrors of the undead, but the chilling realization that humanity's greatest defeat might have been a deliberate sacrifice - a price paid for an unthinkable salvation. The past is not dead, merely dormant.
