but in the americas, it's a disaster. the rest of the world walls itself off. isolating the two americas.#
within months almost everyone has died of either the virus or starvation or in the various civil wars that break out all across both continents.#
after a few years, expeditions are sent from europe and asia to survey the remains. they found pockets of former americans, mostly naked, living off the land, many practicing cannibalism.#
the story, from there is about how the natives adapt or don't and the murderous cruelty of the colonists.#
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