The day Harlan Gendry lost his scholarship felt like the end of his life. Academic career over, he had nothing to look forward to but a future of painful mediocrity. And that was to say nothing of the secrets he carried. His parents had been insane doomsday preppers unfit to raise either of their children. His little sister Tia had discipline problems at school. Worst of all, he knew something was wrong with his body, wrong with who he was on a fundamental level.  The day the world ended proved his parents right, showed his precocious sister for the brave genius she was, and demonstrated that there was nothing wrong with Harlan. He was just never meant to be a "he."