While Morgan fought to stay alive in Florida, a different war was unfolding on the other side of the country.
An EMP had erased the grid and every system America depended on. Neal survived the first brutal weeks on intelligence, hard skills, and stubborn will. Weeks turned into months. The world grew meaner. Then complacency crept in.
It cost him everything.
Struck by tragedy, he became a man without a home, without purpose, and without hope. The urge to quit nearly won. Only a vow he'd made kept him moving-barely.
Until one day on a desolate desert highway, he found a new reason to live.