After an accidental nuclear explosion off the coast of California, Philip searches for his family through a heavily militarized and devastated Los Angeles.

Surveys the history of the nuclear arms race, the proliferation of weapons, and efforts by nations and individuals to prevent their use.

"After simultaneous suitcase-nuke attacks destroy New York, Washington, D.C., and Mecca, a civil war breaks out and an uneasy truce leaves the United States divided between an Islamic republic with its capital in Seattle, and the Christian Bible Belt in the old South"--From publisher's information.

"A toiler from post-nuclear America meets a mysterious woman who escapes with him to the cloud realm, where sublimity and nightmare mix to illuminate the tension between the power of love and the love of power." --

After nuclear terrorist attacks destroy most of America, the residents of one small Kansas town struggle to survive.

This is not a test : A police officer stops travelers at a road block and informs them that the country is under a missile attack. Killers from space : Aliens need a new habitat and after having chosen Earth they unleash giant bugs, gila monsters and roaches. Wasp woman : A business woman in search of a new cosmetic product turns to a scientist studying wasps. After an injection of anti-aging wasp serum the woman turns into a hideous half wasp-half...

America faces a battle upon which the blood of tyrants and patriots will be shed. Doomsday has swept the country.

While they fight for survival, they trek across a rapidly deteriorating landscape wrought with danger from both the elements and their fellow man. It was not their fight, but it soon became their problem.

America faces a battle upon which the blood of tyrants and patriots will be shed. Doomsday has swept the country.