Status Updates From Swan Song

"Even in death, there was something proud about the tree, something defiant and elemental---a wild spirit, like the heart of a flame that could never be totally extinguished."

Wow it's getting real interesting now, in the dark gloomy doomed environment people with hope trying to survive and hoping for the better days.

Kind of a slog. Quite apparent this was written for an audience less versed in apocalyptic fiction; almost all characters kinda behave stupidly lol