EarthAbidesisanewtakeonGeorgeR.Stewart’ssci-finovelofthesamename. Whenaplagueofunprecedentedvirulencesweepstheglobe,thehumanraceisallbutwipedout.Intheaftermath,asthegreatmachineofcivilizationslowlyandinexorablybreaksdown,onlyafewshatteredsurvivorsremaintostruggleagainsttheslideintoextinction. Ishisabrilliantbutsolitaryyounggeologistlivingasemi-isolatedlifewhoawakensfromacomaonlytofindthatthereisnooneleftalivebuthim.Aplagueofunprecedentedvirulencehasswepttheglobe,andyes,thereareafewscatteredsurvivors,buttherearenorules.