by RMS1988
Adrian Vance thought he knew the wasteland. After years of playing Fallout, surviving mods, memorizing lore, and losing himself in stories about the end of the world, the last thing he expected was to wake up inside it. Now trapped in the brutal years before the rise of the NCR, Adrian must survive raiders, corruption, starvation, and the growing threat of super mutants spreading across California. But the wasteland is far harsher than any game ever showed him, and knowing the future does not mean he can survive it. Especially when history refuses to unfold the way he remembers. As towns struggle to rebuild beneath the ashes of America, Adrian slowly becomes caught between wandering survivor and something far more dangerous: a man beginning to believe the wasteland itself can be reclaimed. But in a world built on ruins, every attempt to restore civilization creates new enemies. And somewhere beneath the dead cities and forgotten military bunkers of the old world, something has started paying attention to him.
