Astronaut Madison Leitner is stranded in space. Her fellow crew members aboard the International Space Station are dead. All hope for her is lost, with seemingly no way to return to Earth.
Below, the planet is teetering on the edge of an abyss. Scenes of butchery not witnessed since the Dark Ages sweep across the land. Hunger and pestilence follow.
In this new fiefdom of Hell, the few survivors strive to stay alive.
Grieving for a lost friend, Scott Cook must pull himself together if he and his friends are to endure. He learns of a place far away that may provide them sanctuary, an ancient stronghold that has survived the earthquakes. But getting there will not prove easy.
In the mountains of Switzerland, a man and his dog embark on an epic passage through the most inhospitable region on Earth, driven to survive at whatever cost.
In America, old hatreds surface. Bloodshed and anarchy ensue. And a dying girl becomes a beacon of hope.
An excellent end to this wonderful and exciting trilogy. First one was a classic, a sort of 21st century John Wyndham. Second not quite as good but still way more than decent.
Quite often the middle book in a trilogy isn't quite as entertaining as the first so, going into the last of the three, in the series, it could go one of two ways. A trilogy that fizzles out or ends properly.
Happy to report that it most definitely did not fizzle out, it ended the story perfectly. Mark Hobson is one hell of a writer.