How Does It End?

by Chloe Gong

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights comes a dazzling dual-timeline novel of outbreak and heartbreak, about two lonely people finding their way back to one another during a deadly apocalypse.

This is the beginning of a love story. In the heart of Manhattan, amid bustling streets and towering skyscrapers, two lives intersect at a party. Morgan is a once-popular influencer, now in the grind of corporate work. Theo is a screenwriter, searching for inspiration anywhere he can find it. They fall in love.

This is the end of the world. When they break up, Morgan almost feels too sorry for herself to notice a virus spreading like wildfire—until the sick start biting, and the city is barricaded to contain the spread.

Stuck at the bottom of Manhattan, she must find her mother and journey more than a hundred blocks to the barrier, where Theo's desperately trying to keep the passageway open for them. In the chaos, she begins to livestream her quest for survival, becoming humanity’s sole glimpse into its own unraveling. It isn't easy when each neighborhood, each landmark, each piece of the city is an echo of her relationship with Theo . . . before she tore it all apart.

As Morgan’s forced to confront her deepest wounds, she must set herself free from the cycles she's doomed to repeat—and what better place to start than at the end?

Genres: Romance, Dystopia, Fiction

320 pages, Hardcover

Expected publication July 6, 2027

About the author

Chloe Gong is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of critically acclaimed fantasy and science fiction novels, including These Violent Delights, Immortal Longings, and Coldwire. Her books have been published in over twenty countries and she was named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for 2024. Chloe graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in English and International Relations. Born in Shanghai and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, she is now located in New York City. Visit her online at thechloegong.com and on Instagram, X, and TikTok at @thechloegong.

Reviews

[Chloe Gong · Rating 5 out of 5]

i think it's pretty good!

[Nat]

Gimme

[saisha⊹(school ia)]

10.14.26

anything chloe writes, you best believe i'll read it!!! so excited for her to serve once again!💕

[claud]

i'm seated. the publishers are scared and asking me to leave because it hasn't even been given a cover art and we don't know any of the characters but i'm simply too seated.

[TheRosePages]

Come one, come all, it’s happenin' again…loveee a new Chloe book!!

[shriya]

if anyone needs me, ima be camping out in barnes and nobles until this comes out ✌️🥹

[Justin Smith]

Can't wait!

[Kristina]

From 1920's Shanghai to the kingdom of Talin to NileCorp to...a sci-fi apocalypse romance?

Sure, I'll take it.