When the world ends, it doesn’t announce itself with fire or fury. It just stops. In the blink of an eye, every engine stalls, every light goes out, and every piece of technology falls silent. Planes plummet from the sky, cities go dark, and billions are left to face a world that no longer works. The day becomes known as the Stop, the moment when humanity’s mastery over its technological tools crumbled, leaving nothing but raw survival. Across three corners of the globe, three young people are thrust into chaos: Aiko, a university student in Japan, must navigate a society unraveling at its orderly seams while grappling with her own deep-seated mistrust of others. Michael, a construction worker in Arizona, fights to protect his Navajo family as the fragile balance of rural life teeters on collapse. Neha, a bright but stifled computer science graduate in Mumbai, faces the breakdown of her overcrowded city while battling the weight of familial obligation. As their worlds fall apart, each is forced to confront the vulnerabilities of their societies and the limits of their own endurance. They must make impossible choices to survive, finding strength in their cultural roots and their will to protect those they love. But when strange natural phenomena begin to emerge—shifting landscapes and growing whispers of something bigger at play—they realize that the Stop is only the beginning. Will they rise to meet a world forever changed—or fall as the cracks widen beneath their feet?