Storyline
The Dog Stars 2026 Set in a post apocalyptic world in which a virus has wiped out most of humanity, Survivors are being terrorized by roaming scavengers called Reapers The protagonist is Hig, a pilot who survived the flu that killed everyone he knew, his wife included He lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, his only neighbor a gun toting ex Marine Hig sometimes heads off in his 1956 Cessna, where he can fish and pretend things are how they used to be When a random transmission somehow beams through his radio, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life might exist if he flies a bit further He risks it all to chase a possible haven in Grand Junction