He had a new job. He had money for the first time. He thought about buying a car. Life was looking up. Then the meteor struck. The world changed and sixteen-year-old Nino Paschal had barely learned how the world operated before having to face it on his own. Nino didn't come from a happy home. His mother is an addict and gone for long periods. Her new boyfriend is a drunk and abusive. Street gangs wander his neighborhood. His future is bleak. He is determined not to let the cycle continue. To do that, he needs one thing, a job. He stumbles on a job at a hospital, lies about his age, and with the help of a woman he meets on the bus and the hospital's desperate need for help he is hired as a transporter. He can't believe his luck but needs to be careful around his mother's boyfriend who can smell money. Nino locates a secret spot in the subbasement of the hospital and takes up residence. All is well until the meteor strikes. With chaos and panic all around, Nino settles into his new home to wait the disaster out. Years later, out of food, he has a choice die of starvation or go outside and freeze to death. He chooses to face the frigid climate but what he discovers is beyond his wildest imagination.
