Synopsis: • "Hit with a massive EMP strike, the West Coast from the Pacific to the Mississippi was left a wasteland of gangs, violence, and burning homes. Dave Cavanaugh's Arks of America project, designed to be an oasis of calm and a place to preserve medicine, art, and ethics, has been corrupted and threatens the balance of power in The Badlands. All the while, the eastern half of the country, spared the EMP attack the west had seen, was experiencing a massive wave of terrorist attacks and a reawakening of internal riots and class warfare that had been incited for many years. Can Dave Cavanaugh's Arks communities hold out as a haven of good in an increasingly wicked world?" ― paraphrased from this book's product page on its Amazon product page as of 2021-01-27.