Land is dead. The sea is all that’s left.
When the world becomes unlivable, JD escapes aboard the Anthem with a scattered group of survivors and a growing weight of responsibility he never expected to carry.
Life at sea is no safer than the world they left behind. Every day is a fight for food, fuel, and survival. Trust is fragile. Grief lingers. And growing up is no longer something JD can afford to do slowly.
But survival on the ocean is about more than staying alive. It is about loyalty, sacrifice, and the families people lose — and the ones they build when they have nothing else left.
As the survivors begin turning the Anthem into something more than a refuge, JD finds himself caught between the pain of the past and the fragile hope of a future he is not sure he deserves.
Then, just as life on the water begins to feel almost steady, a ship appears on the horizon.
And for the first time in a long time, everything feels uncertain again.
A haunting and heartfelt YA post-apocalyptic novel about survival, found family, and holding on to hope when the world you knew is gone.
