A scavenger crew specializing in cracking safes comes across a grizzly discovery two years after the pandemic has ravaged the world. This find sets off a series of events within the surviving community, a community which has created a different way of living. This is more than a novel about the survivors of a plague, it is a story about a way in which a society could be reborn. Throwing out the standard format of an apocalyptic/pandemic novel, the author shows us a different way to emerge from the ashes and how people will manage conflict and terror.