After Alex Cole, an average 17 year old boy, has his heart crushed by the best friend he's been in love with for the past year, he doesn't really know what to do with himself. But after coming across a stray cat he found on the road, Alex's world is turned upside down.

What happens to a family when society fails? What happens to society when civilization comes to an end? When Connor and his family survive the apocalypse, he discovers that survival has a price. As the world falls apart around him, Connor struggles to keep his family and his sanity intact.