Everybody Dies

MattScudderisfinallyleadingacomfortablelife.Thecrimerate'sdownandthestockmarket'sup.Gentrification'sprettying-uptheoldneighborhood.TheNewYorkstreetsdon'tlooksomeananymore.Thenallhellbreaksloose.Scudderquicklydiscoversthespruced-upsidewalksareasmeanasever,darkandgrittyandstainedwithblood.He'slivinginaworldwherethepastisaminefield,thepresentisawarzone,andthefuture'sanopenquestion.It'saworldwherenothingiscertainandnobody'ssafe,arandomuniversewherenoone'ssurvivalcanbetakenforgranted.Notevenhisown.Aworldwhereeverybodydies.