The screen went black just as the counter hit one hundred percent. A sudden chill swept through the apartment, and the hum of the computer fan shifted into a low, rhythmic thumping, like the sound of distant hooves on hard-packed earth.
A search begins for a guide who understands how modern people end up in the past.
The focus shifts to surviving the first night in a town where the rules are entirely different from the modern world.
When the mist finally cleared, the floor was no longer carpeted. Coarse sand and gravel crunched beneath Seth's feet. He stood in the center of a deserted town square, surrounded by weathered wooden buildings with sagging porches. A sign overhead creaked in the wind, reading "Old Stump."