When the Hollow Men came, humanity fell. Forced to scrape out an existence from the rubble with the rest of the survivors, Jonah Byerly struggles to get by. Hunted by dark murderous things, he yearns for something more--a hope from civilization long past, for love and acceptance. But Jonah isn't like the others as much as he would like to be. He harbors a secret, a shadow in his soul that could revive humanity...or see it drown in the endless hunger...