The Fire We Carry

In the wasteland, survival isn’t enough anymore.

Fifteen years after the nuclear winter, cynical border guard Wrona has seen every kind of hell the wasteland offers. Then he follows a dead woman’s encrypted coordinates to something impossible: a hidden valley where green shoots crack through poisoned soil and three scientists nurture seeds that could feed a starving world.

Station Lilith won’t stay hidden long. The Cleaners – fanatics who believe only flame can purify the contaminated earth – descend like judgment itself. When their assault shatters the sanctuary and young Basia disappears into enemy hands, the dream of renewal dies with her.

Or so it seems.

In the Cleaner camp, Viktor Kozlov – a nineteen-year-old soldier sick with shame over villages burned and farmers slaughtered – makes a choice that will damn them both. One girl. One tablet full of agricultural secrets. One chance to escape before Moscow’s interrogators arrive.

Now the seeds of a new world rest in a trader’s fortified depot, and the Cleaners are coming to claim them. The final battle isn’t just for survival – it’s for the right to hope.

Some fires destroy. Others light the way forward.

Perfect for fans of Metro 2033, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and The Road.