This is a story of a large family separated by hundreds of miles as they go about their different lives in the modern world. The father Mike and his wife Ann have tried to prepare their children for changes in life and disasters. They raised their children to know many of the old ways along with good hard work while encouraging education and knowledge. Mike has watched world events through the decades and has seen how things even diplomatically have been going down hill, like a stone rolling down hill faster and faster. Most of the now adult children have seen no reason to use this information learned from their parents. But they didn't realize they are a product of their parents teachings anyway. Now may be the time they will have to dredge this information from their memories as war and destruction have arrived on their respective doorsteps. They all find they are part of a new terrifying world of lawlessness.