Sarah-Elizabeth Dean started writing at the age of twelve with fanfiction. They were raised in a small town in North Georgia and grew up with Cerebral Palsy. When they're not writing, they're doing genealogy and reading books for ideas and inspiration.

A gripping tale of survival and friendship unfolds as nineteen-year-old Jensen Michaels, Cayler Reynolds, seventeen-year-old Kenneth Anderson navigate the aftermath of the 2019 Yellowstone supervolcano eruption. As Pompeii, Georgia, becomes enveloped in a chilling darkness of ash and destruction, the trio must band together to survive.

With their world turned upside down, the three friends must confront the harsh realities of friendship in the face of insurmountable odds.