Joe Bradford swallowed the end of the world by mistake.
Late into last call, Joe grabs what looks like a glowing gummy bear from a bowl of stale bar snacks. It is not candy. It is a raw Temporal Core—and swallowing it leaves him with a bizarre Epic class and the ability to see a few seconds into the future.
That should make surviving the system easy.
But the apocalypse doesn’t care.
Every glimpse of the future comes with a price. Every road offers a dozen ways to die. And knowing who gets hurt does not make choosing any easier.
With monsters filling the highways and civilization collapsing behind them, Joe joins Amber Jenkins on a desperate run toward Tennessee. Her cousin Leeroy is somewhere in the mountains—and if anyone could survive the end of the world through preparation, paranoia, and pure spite, it is him.
Their little road trip does not stay small.
An ex-wife who drives like she has a score to settle. An old Navy veteran with a shotgun and unfinished business. A farm girl who can fly anything with an engine. A pint-sized death witch that frightens grown men. A fiercely loyal Doberman and one orange cat with more lives than sense.
Every rescue adds another mouth, another weapon, and another reason they cannot afford to fail.
Between them and the rumored safety of Beaver Creek stand monster-choked highways, corrupted towns, impossible dungeons, raiders, cultists, military holdouts, and a troll guarding the only road forward.
Joe has survived by looking ahead and searching for the choice that costs the least.
When his foresight finally goes dark, he must make the one decision he has spent his entire life avoiding:
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