Ages 10-18The Bennet family has decided to become refugees rather than comply with the new political takeover of the United States. Adam thinks they should just go along with the new government until the United States has been restored, and that is one of many disagreements he has with his father. When Adam has finally decided he will at least partially comply with the family's decision to take refuge in the mountains of the Olympic Peninsula, a major earthquake hits and separates the parents from Adam and his brother and sister. They don't know where their parents are, and they are not even sure they are alive. Adam has to find a way to stay alive with their limited resources, and get along with his younger brother and sister.