Meet me, fifteen years old and living in a cordyceps-raged era in a hydroelectric plant. Meet this auburn-haired chick with a unknown history who just arrived. Meet her guardian and mentor, the brother of one of the leaders of the dam. I'd say come and join us on this adventure...but you're already doing it.

Jesse hasn't had it easy, but Infected will do that. Now he lives with Joel but even that's going to go to hell. Once Marlene gives them Ellie Jesse's life is thrown even more into turmoil as he starts to feel the need to protect her more and more. It's not the way it was supposed to go but by the end, Jesse isn't going to give her up without a fight. T rating may rise.

Having spent nearly a year traveling the country and struggling every day to survive, Joel and Ellie finally settle down to start a new life in Jackson. They will learn that although they have found a safe haven, they are not free from the dangers the world has to offer.