"Only six weeks have passed since a super-EMP attack devastated the United States, but already life has changed dramatically. Most of America has become a wasteland filled with starving bands of people, mobs, and gangs. Millions are dead and millions more are suffering, with no end in sight. For Gordon, Samantha, Sebastian, Cruz, and Barone, the turmoil and chaos they dealt with in the early weeks after the attack will seem trivial in comparison to the collapse of society that plays out before their eyes. Uncertainty abounds as they all travel different paths in search of a safe place to call home. The only thing that is definite is that the long road will take its toll on all of them"--