In a future that feels suspiciously like the past, death is in the air. Collin War wakes up in a bed that is not his own, in a body that feels changed. He is the first of his kind, the first to recover from a mysterious fever that has ravaged the world. Collin awakens in the small town of Goshen, Montana, a community struggling to survive while maintaining a faithful existence. He yearns for his lost family but finds himself drawn to the people of Goshen. Stepping into the leadership role he was destined for, Collin helps his new friends cope with loss, defend against the fever and battle outsiders seeking to destroy the town and all it stands for. But from the ashes of death comes the realization that not all savages live in the wild.