Book excerpt: He loved books. She loved nothing. They began to love each other. Naive to a fault, they were high school seniors who were trying to figure out what to do with life. Then it all ended and what was fantasy became real. Together, they drew on their knowledge from their video games, movies, TV shows, and books and prepared for survival. Warriors emerged from teenagers. Every step was planned out and together they shaped their violence into an unstoppable team, beginning to reclaim what was lost. They began a life together, not the one they wanted, but the one they were dealt, and they swore to stay ahead of the doom enfulging their world, but at what cost? More than anything she wants to find a place, a way, to live again. To live again. To find a life worth living. Captain K. Hutchison, Genuine Apocalypse Aficionado Many of us who spend time thinking about the real possibility of societal breakdown are always on the lookout for insightful answers to the big questions. What will happen? What skills can I draw on to get me through when others cannot? Eppeldauer's story has the answer! This insighful, inventive, and introspective first book of a trilogy on the struggle against the odds of survival is well within the realms of reality and imagination. Tense, riveting, and a new interesting take on post-apocalyptic dynamics.