WhereverHellooks,NewYorkCityisbothreassuringlyfamiliar
andterriblywrong.Asoneofthethousandswho
fledtheoutbreakofnuclearwarinanalternate
UnitedStates―analternatetimeline―shefindsherselflivingasa
refugeeinourownnot-so-parallelNewYork.Theslang
andtechnologyareforeigntoher,thepoliticsand
artunrecognizable.Whileothers,likeherpartnerVikram,attempt
toassimilate,Helrefusestoreclaimherformercareer
orcreateanewlife.Instead,sheobsessivelyrereads
Vikram’scopyofThePyronauts―asciencefictionmasterworkin
herworldthatnowonlyexistsasasingle
flimsypaperback―andbecomesdeterminedtocreateamuseumdedicated
topreservingtheremainingartifactsandmemoriesofher
vanishedculture.