The Mimics

In a world systematically dismantled by a silent, extraterrestrial invasion, eighteen-year-old Aurora "Rory" Smith is a survivor in a land that has grown cold and quiet. After a massive EMP reset humanity to the stone age and a lethal virus thinned the population, the "Mimics" arrived—alien shapeshifters who look exactly like us, turning every encounter into a deadly game of trust.Rory is driven by a single, desperate goal: finding her seven-year-old brother, Theo, who was taken by a suspicious military organization claiming to offer protection at a high-tech refuge. Armed with survival skills taught by her late father and a strange immunity to the chaos around her, Rory treks across a freezing, monster-infested wasteland.Her journey takes a turn when she is rescued by Adam, a mysterious and capable stranger who seems different from any survivor she’s met. As they navigate the perils of a terraformed Earth together, an intense bond forms, forcing Rory to decide how much of her heart she can risk in a world where the person standing next to you might not be human at all.