An inexplicable plague starts to ravage the world. A new drug has emerged giving the user odd characteristics and capabilities. As problems persist, society starts to fall into ruin. A young man must leave his safe harbor and venture out on his own to get back home. Everything that he used to rely on, phones, computers and GPS are all gone. He has to make it over 900 miles with just his wits and tenacity.

Along the way the venture grows dire, with the loss of his transportation and supplies. He must summon the strength and resolve to continue. The need to protect his family in these catastrophic times is strong. Will he make it home, or die trying?

In this book you follow Matt on his journey from college to a new life that he never thought he would be part of. He learns a lot about this new world along the way, a lot of hard lessons teaching how little he knew about the world before the Fall.