Jason wasn't having a bad day, but all that changed with a blinding flash of light and a mushroom cloud on the horizon. Overweight and out of shape, Jason must struggle home, only to learn that finding his family would be more of a challenge. Along the way, he transforms into someone different. Is he the kind of man that is the problem with this new world, or the kind of man this new world needs? "After the Blast" is the novelette that started the exciting post-apocalyptic Soldiers of New Eden series, followed-up in "Bloody Eden" and "Bad Moon on the Rise".