This is the sequel to Black Snow, the hot-take on a possible future for humanity. White Rose begins a few weeks after Miranda closes the story of the first book. Black is the blood in the midnight snow. It's summer now. Five years have come. Five years have gone. The greatest tragedy of humanity bloomed into a withering rose. A world once filled with life and prosperity fell into death and ruin. Disease, violence, fire, panic, starvation. The streets are filled with remains, spotted with traces of the past. She listens to the old world blues. The fire burns strong in the winter. The world isn't so dead after all. Yet where there is light, there must also be dark. After every warm day comes a cold night.