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Patrick Franklin has been running on empty for a long time. In a world drowned by infection and ruled by the desperate, he moves from ruin to ruin with nothing but a worn backpack, a chipped knife, and the memory of the family he couldn't save, or so he thought. Every town blurs into the next burned-out cars, moss-eaten billboards, and the constant, bone-deep fear of the Infected that stalk the quiet.
Patrick's only rule is simple: don't get attached.
That changes when he stumbles across an abandoned campsite deep in the woods with tents half-collapsed, a dead campfire ring, and supplies scattered like whoever lived there left in a hurry... or never got the chance to.
But as Patrick searches for food and answers, he realizes he's not alone. There are survivors here.
Drawn into their struggles, Patrick is forced to choose: stay the lone survivor he's always been, or risk his heart-and his life-on a new kind of fight. Not just against the infected outside the fences, but against the fear, guilt, and grief rotting him from the inside.
In a world where the dead walk and humanity is hanging by a thread, Patrick Franklin is about to learn that sometimes the hardest part of surviving... is deciding what you're willing to live for.