Isaiah has spent his adult life serving his country. Now that he’s toward the end of his middle years his country has fallen into collapse. He has spent years preparing for this collapse. He and his friend Reggie must get their children out of their homes in the cities and move them to the homesteads that they have established near the Natchez Trace southwest of Nashville, But it isn’t an easy task. They have to content with a fuel shortage, food shortages, terrorists, no electricity, thugs and a government out of control. They have spent years preparing but will their preps be enough?