“We are the fortress, and the fortress is us.” Once a teacher, Sim now leads a group of orphaned children in a brutal, post-plague world. Not their father, he’s their protector, guiding them toward survival as they scrape by, growing food, foraging, and defending their makeshift fortress.
For three years, he’s trained them for survival, and in building walls of brick and mortar, they’ve become a wall of flesh and blood, fiercely united. But when Zagan—a self-proclaimed harbinger of destruction—assembles a massive army to raze their refuge, Sim and his children face an unimaginable test.
As the siege begins, Sim confronts his deepest fear: can their fortress hold, or will it crumble against an unstoppable evil?
