Cole Virgis fortifies his Peach Springs bunker, a soldier braced for calamity. When the Great Quake hits mid-flight, he guides his squad through a broken land, corralling refugees into camps-until Cassidy Baker, a bold rebel, ignites his resolve. In a Band of Brothers-like crucible of steadfast duty, with The Walking Dead's brutal chaos, Virgis confronts rising floods and a crumbling order to bolster the resistance, chasing Erika Moore-the refugees' champion and rallying voice. Loyalty splinters as threats close in. This military-hewn saga of grit and uprising storms like a survivor's final stand-will Virgis mend the shattered? A must-own paperback for fans of rugged honor tales.