In 2016, Kristina Neihouse she was awarded an Anne McKee Artist Fund Grant to publish her first novel, Knowing When to Leave. In 2018 Knowing When to Leave was named a Florida Book Award Silver Medalist. In January 2016 Josie McKenzie, a senior at Key West High School, decides to keep a journal. What follows is a chaotic year as South Florida and the United States are overcome by a mysterious virus and a destructive hurricane season. Almost fifteen years later Josie’s journal is discovered and read by one living in a drastically altered world. When the Time Comes, the second novel of Kristina Neihouse, is a sequel to her debut work, Knowing When to Leave (SeaStory Press, 2018)- the 2018 Florida Book Award Silver Medalist. When the Time Comes, continues the story of Josie McKenzie and her family still living in the Florida Keys, and beyond. When the Time Comes follows the struggles of people around the world, from an unnamed country in Latin America to Dallas, Texas to an underground lab in Florida, all trying to find their place, and survive as civilization is collapsing around them. Things are about to get even worse, but only the O-meg know for sure what the future holds. Will human beings be able to accept and trust the new species in time? Will Mike make it back to Josie in Key West? And, if he does, what awaits him there… As the trilogy continues, When the Time Comes, answers many questions, but asks even more. Making it Home is the final installment in the Knowing When to Leave trilogy and an attempt to answer the question once and for all-can humans and O-meg live in harmony on the transformed planet?