There is an ancient parable about a man who came to a sage with a question: "How should I live a worthy life?" The sage replied: "Live as if you will die tomorrow. Learn as if you will live forever."
This book is about a world where both parts of that advice collided face to face.
On January 15, 2026, humanity received a message. Not from God, not from aliens, not from some evil force. The message came from the Universe itself, written in the language of mathematics and physics, deciphered by thousands of scientists around the world simultaneously. Irrefutable. Final.
In exactly one year — January 15, 2027 — our planet will pass through a cosmic anomaly that cannot be prevented, avoided, or survived. There will be no explosion. No pain. Just... the end.
This book is not about how the world tried to save itself. There was no salvation.
This book is not about panic and chaos, though of course, there were both.
This book is about seven people from seven different corners of the world who lived through that last year. About how they loved, lost, forgave, and found beauty where it seemed none could remain.
Because in the end, perhaps we've always lived in a world without tomorrow. Perhaps we've always known our time was limited. Most of us just needed a catastrophe to realize it.
This is not a story about the end of the world.
This is a story about what it means to be human when you no longer need to pretend there's enough time.
This is the story of Earth's last year.
And about how seven souls — among billions of others — turned it into the first year of truly lived life.
"We do not remember days. We remember moments."
— Cesare Pavese