The Last Human: After Freezing on K2, I Returned to a World That Moved On

Viktor Morozov was a world-class mountaineer—until K2 claimed his life. Buried beneath the ice, his story should have ended there.

But when he opens his eyes again, the world is unrecognizable. The towering mountains remain, but the cities below are abandoned. The humans he once knew? Gone. In their place, strange, fish-like creatures walk the Earth, speaking in a language he cannot understand.

Somehow, he has returned from the dead—his body whole, his wounds erased. But he is no longer just a man. As he searches for answers, he begins to realize a chilling truth:

He might be the last human alive.