Thirty million people died in the initial attacks. How will the survivors live in the aftermath? The rain passes and the people of Emmaus emerge to find the world looks much the same as when they hid behind concrete. Then reality sets in. Death crept in while they hid. Signs of returning normality offer hope, but the transformation of the United States is underway and electricity and food supplies are the least of their problems. If your world suddenly spun out of control, where would you go?