Three complete stories from one of America's most popular apocalyptic writers. Viral Survival When a viral outbreak decimates the population of all the countries of the world a young couple in a northern state in America tries to weather the resulting hardships. A Rocky Demise A bitter man and a lonely woman barely start their lives together when twin asteroids strike the Earth causing an incredible disaster. A Hard Fall This is one family's story of living through a drastic catastrophe that effects the whole United States forcing the population to live without electric power.

When Jake wins the lottery it changes his life. And his life needs changing too as a somewhat screwed up veteran. He starts to get his head on straight and then the nation's economy starts to crumble. As things get worse and worse Jake tries to think of ways to stay ahead of the game. He has fought battles before, this one is just different. It is not his style to give up and he is determined to go down fighting every inch of the way.

This is a story of a teenager becoming a man over several years during increasingly bad economic times in the city of Cincinnati. With the living conditions in the city gradually growing worse as deteriorating conditions start slowly and gradually gets worse as the young man grows up. He does what he can to protect his family and the girl he loves.