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