Chapter One, The Beginning of The End.

Inspired by Susan Beth Pfeffer's, novels The Dead and the Gone and The Shades of the Moon, comes the rebirth of post apocalyptic fiction. When an asteroid collides with the moon and draws it closer in orbit to earth, all hell breaks loose. Devastating earthquakes, deadly tidal waves, and ominous climatic changes threatens the continuance of the existence of humanity,as the world grows increasingly dangerous each and every day. The once beautiful and admirable moon is now a horrid threat of death, chaos, and devastation. For 16 year old Thomas Ramsey,life is now just as bad as death, for he begins to loose everyone and everything he loves. Forced to abandon his home and seek refuge elsewhere, he comes to know that evils far worse than cold and hunger exist. Living and the will to do so is an agonizing struggle as he strives to ensure the survival of himself and his loved ones in a world where everything has gone terribly wrong.