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