The story reveals a spectacularly vivid world of desperate survival and is based upon the triumph of the enduring human spirit. The author peels away the veneer of society in a chilling account of crisis and upheaval as an unknown event plunges the world into a lasting winter without electricity. The reader follows the main character, Conrad Scott, as he recovers from a tragic accident to discover that the modern age has ended and the survivors have succumbed to savage acts of brutality.