What if time was no longer on your side?For the Clark Street Six, a group of friends scattered across the country, life is a comfortable rhythm of career and love. But when a mysterious affliction begins to steal their years, aging them at five times the normal rate, their carefully constructed worlds start to unravel. Their only clue lies in an ancient legend of a terrifying curse-and a cryptic cure: to plant a new seed in the world's garden.Forced to confront their own mortality, they must make an impossible choice: fade into oblivion or risk everything on the hope of a legacy. Do they dare bring children into a dying world, knowing they may not survive to raise them?"The Anahita Compact" is a sweeping and thought-provoking epic that spans decades, weaving a story of profound sacrifice, the unshakeable bonds of friendship, and the audacious hope that a single generation can heal a world and redefine the future of humanity.