Samuel escapes civilization from a viral disease and takes his newborn son Elias with him. Their peaceful life in the forest however gets abruptly ended after several years there, and so Samuel sends his now grown son to travel across the changed country to a destination that he himself had to get to eventually, but now can't join the journey, and so Elias has to go there alone, and see what and who he might come across.

This is a sequel to my other story, The Next Steps in Human Evolution, taking place ten years after the ending of that story, so this intro contains spoilers for that story. Chapter 31 can be read first as it is chronologically the first chapter.The refugees of the no-contact zone have integrated well to their new community, learned the language and made themselves useful and liked while keeping a low profile to avoid the authorities who arrest everyone caught coming from the no-contact zone. The twins still wish to find their old friend from their former homeland, fully knowing that whenever they leave home, it becomes vulnerable for persecution.

32A and Toivo learn about themselves, about the world, about life and about the importance of their family as their circumstances force them to travel through the Hells apart.

Series of three short stories directly connected to my other story, Rot.

Satu was the personal assistant of a failing government until she got chosen by a leader or a radical movement to help in their cause. She goes along and the movement overthrows the government, and in an unfortunate streak Satu gets to witness the birth of their new regime, and how the world became what it was in Rot. And she's not the only one whose story begins.

This purpose of this series of three short stories is world building and bringing closure to certain things in Rot. So I would suggest reading that before reading these.

Warning: Some things that are described may be disturbing to some.