Sunday, December 24th, 2079: Two young kids – the daughter of a Unitarian pastor, and her lifelong best boyfriend – escaped all of the horrifying havoc on Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, in an Osprey solar paneled fishing boat. Friday, February 16th, 2080: After arriving on a very remote, desolate island, Sarah and Jeffrey meet up with another boy – who is just a week away from his 13th birthday. Wesley is able to tell them exactly what happened, seven weeks and five days ago: it was a multi terrorist network attack. "The news media nicknamed it 'Twelve, Twenty Four,' because it occurred on Christmas Eve, which, of course, is on the twelfth month of the year, on its twenty fourth day. But, it was actually much worse than what the two of you seem to know. Infinitely! It wasn't just this country. It also affected one of the United States' adjacent countries. Mexico es no mas! And, too, an additional ninety six nations. All totaled, over half the entire world!" This week, the sole survivors of the US begin meeting up, on all that remains of Rhode Island. A few of these eight kids – who range between the ages of six and 20 – already know each other; and have certain personal reasons for not liking each other. What they have in common, are their own personal living nightmares. And they have almost no one else to confide in except each other.