The World Doesn't Reset?
In the year 2025, death is no longer final. Thanks to Reset Technology, humanity has learned to rewind its mistakes, a few minutes, an hour, even a day. Accidents are temporary. Failures are optional. Regret is obsolete. For most people. Sterben Stein is the anomaly , a quiet, cautious seventeen-year-old born without the ability to reset. In a world where everyone lives recklessly and resets at will, Sterben lives every second like it’s his last, because it might be. He keeps his defect a secret, blending in as best he can. But when a tragic incident forces him to act without the luxury of rewinding, his truth comes dangerously close to being exposed. And in a society that fears fragility, Sterben becomes a problem to be erased. Now hunted by the very system meant to protect life, he must navigate a world where no one understands consequence , where people laugh off death and forget what they’ve done. Along the way, he discovers a hidden resistance: those who remember, those who choose not to reset... and those who believe there’s still value in living a single, irreversible life. As Sterben faces the impossible choice between survival and changing the world, one thing becomes clear: When everyone gets a second chance, what’s the worth of someone who only gets one?