The oceans cover everything, the apocalypse is behind them. Before them is just water, leveling. And in the middle - they find each other. On a desolate, military-run Outpost, Beckett has volunteered to wait for groups of nomadic paddleboarders, to order them to paddle east to the settlements, or else. His job is noble, but also lonely, and he's worried, because the water keeps rising, and the building he's living on could crumble into...