The last satisfying sunset of the old world went completely unnoticed.
Rush hour traffic on Interstate 95 is sluggish but normal. Then the sky tears open. Vehicles die instantly. Cell phones turn into useless glass bricks. The power grid completely vanishes in a fraction of a second.
Matt is stranded sixty miles from his family. His daughter is waiting for him. His wife is terrified. He knows that staying on the highway means certain death as panic quickly overtakes the trapped commuters.
He grabs what little he has and starts walking.
The journey north through Connecticut becomes a brutal test of endurance. He teams up with a pragmatic nurse, an old school navigator, and a separated teenager. Together they navigate a landscape descending into total chaos. The thin veneer of civilization vanishes overnight. People who were neighbors hours ago are now fighting for basic resources. Organized factions are taking control of the community shelters.
Matt has only one objective. He has to make it home before the world burns entirely.