The Phage

Instead of the house party she expected, Alicia Ramble finds only a twisted dwarf that attacks her. When she barely manages to kill it and escape, everyone outside has vanished too, save for schoolmates Chelsea and Liz, the latter having already been killed. No one answers the girls' frantic phone calls or appears online, and TV and radio broadcast only static.

Seeking help, the pair journeys south towards New York City. Desperately they search town after town as the dystopian world is reverting to a mythical past of ancient flora, extinct fauna, and even stranger creatures. The only other person: a boy in deerskin who speaks an ancient language, wields a bow, and may know more about what's going on than anyone from our world should … including a nothingness, a phage, that is consuming all existence while pursuing them, leaving oblivion in its wake.

Forced to team up despite their language differences, the trio takes on dwarfs, ice giants, shapeshifters, shadow creatures, giant serpents and other incomprehensible dangers while trying to unravel the mystery behind it all and restore the world before everything is gone.