It is 2175, six years after the global conflict, the destruction of technology, and the collapse of every major civilization around the globe. Mass transportation, instant communication, internet connectivity, television, cell phones, - all gone. Dr. Noah Baxtor is called to hike seven hundred and twenty-five miles through the dangerous wilderness to deliver vials of life-saving vaccine to the Blue Springs Mountain Outpost before Prion-4 unleashes its wrath and thousands more die. His prayer is to survive the challenging journey and save untold lives.
Born in Franklin, Pennsylvania, David Rough was raised in West Virginia and has lived most of his adult life in Ohio. He earned his undergraduate degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College; two masters degrees from Asbury Seminary in Kentucky and Grace Seminary in Indiana; and his Ed.D. from Indiana Wesleyan University. David and Cathy are the parents of four and the grandparents of eleven.