After losing his best friend in a meteor storm that wiped out entire cities, Brady Dane finds himself alone and scared, simply trying to make it from one day to the next. Surrounded by chaos, desperation, and death, he turns his compass toward Georgia and the refuge rumored to be established in the military base there. Forming emotional attachments will only make him vulnerable, so he keeps himself guarded, choosing to travel alone, but that all changes when he crosses paths with a stranger on a lonely stretch of highway. Anthony Grimel-Grim to his friends-is having a really bad day. Collapsing on the side of the road after being robbed and beaten by a band of raiders, he's ready to give up. He never expected to be saved by an angel with golden hair and a smile to rival the sun. Finding purpose once again in being Brady's guardian, his protector, Grim vows to get his new companion safely to the refuge, but he never expected to lose his heart in the process. Love isn't always easy, though, a fact Brady quickly discovers. Wading through a new, complicated relationship is hard enough, but now, he's not sure who to trust-who is friend and who is foe. One hard truth becomes glaringly obvious not long after his arrival. Within these walls, there is no life or death, there is only survival. Welcome to Purgatory.