Waiting Out Winter

A virus sleeps under the snow. All they can do is wait. A state-run plan to wipe out a tent worm infestation backfires, unleashing deadly biting flies across rural Wisconsin. The disease spreads through animals and into people, killing quickly. Now winter has driven the flies into hibernation, and Nick's family can only wait to see if the cold will end the threat-or if spring will bring it roaring back. Cut off from the outside world, rationing supplies, and facing loss no one was ready for, they cling to each other and the hope that survival is still possible. But the longer the cold lingers, the more they learn that danger doesn't always come from what's outside. An intimate, small-town survival story blending apocalyptic fiction, eco-horror, and psychological suspense-about family, sacrifice, and holding onto hope when the future is uncertain.