Nine months after nuclear fire reduces Atlanta to ashes, Brandon and Olivia remain trapped inside a bunker with nothing left but grief. Their children are gone. Their food is gone. And hope is beginning to die with them. When starvation leaves Brandon with only his faith in God, he's left with one choice, he ventures into the ruins, promising his wife he will return. Instead, he discovers an unforgiving city consumed by violence, madness, and survivors willing to sacrifice anything to stay alive. As Brandon fights his way through the ashes to save the woman he loves, he'll discover that surviving the end of the world may cost far more than his life.