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From the critically acclaimed author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Water comes another uniquely imaginative murder mystery, featuring a bold concept, a fascinating setting, and an utterly inventive resolution.

Solve the mystery—or lose what’s left of the world forever.

Beyond this isolated island lies devastation: the earth has been ravaged by a deadly fog that obliterates all life it touches. On the island itself, however, life remains seemingly perfect. Here, 122 villagers and three scientists peacefully coexist, fishing, farming, and feasting, dutifully following an enforced nightly curfew and faithfully adhering to instructions provided by their scientific caretakers.

But tranquility shatters when one of the island’s revered scientists is discovered brutally stabbed. With this shocking murder, the islanders soon uncover an even graver crisis—this act of violence has disabled essential parts of the protective security system that hold the deadly fog at bay. Unless the killer is found within 107 hours, the island and all its inhabitants will be swallowed by the encroaching fog.

Complicating matters further, the island’s security system has erased everyone’s memories of the night before—which means the murderer walks among them, unaware even of their own guilt.

Time is rapidly running out for these isolated survivors as they race to uncover a truth impossible to remember, in a race against death itself.