Safety was a lie. Freedom is a war.
For fifty years, the residents of Bunker 41 believed they were the lucky ones. Buried deep beneath the earth, they were told the surface was a scorched hellscape, uninhabitable and deadly. But inside the concrete tomb, the air is running out, and a tyrannical General rules with an iron fist.
When the woman he loves falls ill with a fatal lung disease, Joseph makes an unthinkable choice: he opens the heavy steel blast doors and steps out.
What he finds is not a dead world, but a savage new one. From the overgrown ruins of Seattle to the frozen peaks of the Cascades, Joseph must navigate a landscape ruled by mutated beasts, fanatical cults, and ruthless bandits.
But survival is only the beginning. Joined by a renegade mechanic and a vengeful mother, Joseph discovers a secret that will change everything: civilization hasn't ended; it has evolved. Now, armed with the truth and the firepower of a new world, Joseph must do the impossible.
He must go back. Not as a refugee, but as a conqueror.