Nicole “Cole” Gerringer had been a chaperone, off on a backcountry camping trip with her niece and sixty-five other eighth grade girls. In the midst of the trip, a massive flare was ejected from the surface of the sun, directed at the earth. It destroyed all the modern-day conveniences; no more computers, cellphones, electricity, or cars… a global catastrophe. In the struggle to survive, millions upon millions of people have died of starvation, illnesses, and wide-spread violence.

Cole, elected Regional Governor of the former northwestern states, has brought survivors together and under her leadership, they begin to re-build a society in the wilderness. Yet, there are those who would use her to control the Region and steal or destroy the hard-earned achievements of her people. A military newcomer to the Region, with a hidden agenda, arrives on a mission to protect Cole, but events cascade beyond his control. If she does not survive, not only will the Region’s stability be at risk, but the fate of the nation may hang in the balance as well.

A deadly coincidence of timing. Our sun gives life. And takes it away. Nature has no mercy.

A group of eighth grade girls are out on a backcountry wilderness camping trip, led by a wilderness expert and a group of chaperones. Along the return trip to civilization they discover they’ve been trapped in the wilderness by a life-altering event. One that proves to be deadly.

After a few days their predicament becomes apparent. No rescue is coming, despite savage dangers. The campers must stick together and fend for themselves.

Meanwhile, an even more sinister threat awaits them should they survive. Beyond their patch of wilderness, the whole world is changing, and not for the better. One chaperone steps up to lead the children and hundreds of refugees who join them on a journey into an unknown future. The fate of the region’s remnant of humankind hangs in the balance, tipping toward death.

This is the third book in a trilogy documenting the struggles of people caught unprepared for a calamitous event of worldwide impact.

A massive flare ejected from the surface of the sun destroyed all modern-day conveniences and left us without the one man-made thing we rely on most of all… electricity. It was a global catastrophe that threw mankind backward in time. In the aftermath, nearly a third of the population has been eliminated. Ominous forces are actively engaged in an attempt to overthrow the remnants of the government of the United States.

Regional Governor Cole Gerringer and her friends have uncovered a potentially crippling plot to steal away the freedom our nation was founded on. To fight back, Cole reluctantly joins forces with her mortal enemy as she begins an uncertain journey across the country in pursuit of those who would change our nation forever.