This book has a pretty heavily Christian faith influence; keep that in mind if you are interested in this book. even so, this is a good book to read. the book starts off with an EMP disaster, and then moves on from there. there are some similarities to other end of the world books: such as, war, struggling to find a new balance in the new world, death, learning to survive in a new world, and so forth. if you are into such things, this is a good book for you.