This may be the apocalypse but no one notices; people are too busy living, accommodating a changing world. Or dying – each their own singular, unique death. Farmland is disappearing. Oceans are rising. The planet is getting hotter. The air is becoming unbreathable. Water is being poisoned. Pests and diseases are spreading and becoming immune to medical intervention. Every day people ingest a growing stockpile of plastic and the peril is greater than anyone could have imagined. People are dying by the billions. The hangers-on do the best they can.

A covert operation in Cuba exposes the construction of a disguised fishing vessel, a missile launch platform that signals both human ingenuity and hubris. In West Virginia, Sandy and her young son Pascal wrestle with the toxic legacy of fracking, leaving their desolate town for survival elsewhere. Meanwhile, Honduran refugees Sarai and Erdil, fleeing gang violence and personal loss, journey to the United States, seeking hope amidst despair. And amidst Manhattan’s glittering towers, Brian, a finance mogul navigating power and privilege, balances familial obligations with his relentless ambition until his city becomes unlivable.

The world keeps on turning. People still make choices but in a landscape with a rapidly narrowing horizon.