Set in Bend, Oregon, it’s the year 2088, and Agostina Schwartz, a half-Jewish, half-Italian eighteen-year-old is in the midst of writing her capstone project for graduation; a thesis that posits these questions, “what would someone like you, if not you, be doing on a parallel planet? What would this new world be like?” Agostina, an unpopular smart kid, has three things on her mind: finishing her thesis, turning eighteen, and preparing for an environmental apocalypse. She also advises there are three rather unpopular philosophies contributing to the demise of humanity. Agostina, and her father Robert, share the same uneasiness about the Sovereign States of America’s (SS for short) role in an environmental apocalypse. When she stumbles upon their “final solution,” reality becomes all too real. An indefensible situation for Agostina and her friends follows. She is unable to reach her parents, who are overseas on a top-secret project. She must then use her wits and technical know-how of survivalist strategies to find them, ascertain the government’s role in the cleansing of humanity, and stay alive.
As the apocalypse unfolds, Agostina volleys back and forth between bravery and reluctance. She’s unsure of herself, but trying to hold it together for those around her. She’s found safety in a new confidant, Teague O’Shea; a mysterious, Irish ex-pat who isn’t giving up too much information about himself. She’s torn between being the heroine and simply being eighteen, in a global, ideologically challenging world.
As the apocalypse unfolds, Agostina volleys back and forth between bravery and reluctance. She’s unsure of herself, but trying to hold it together for those around her. She’s found safety in a new confidant, Teague O’Shea; a mysterious, Irish ex-pat who isn’t giving up too much information about himself. She’s torn between being the heroine and simply being eighteen, in a global, ideologically challenging world.
