From the back of the book: Once upon a time there was a US President who thought he was wise and could stomp out terrorism. Only the 'terrorists' did not quite agree with him. Soon paranoia ran rampant among every nation on this earth until all started annihilating one another.Out of the ashes, mythology tells us the phoenix is supposed to rise. However, it was not the phoenix that arose, it was a new power amongst the people who survived. It was a Rising Power!Terrorists began it. Nations finished it. With nuclear destruction that ravished the planet being the final insane answer. Still Mother Nature and mankind were tenacious. Out of the ashes new nations formed. Warrior nations fighting for survival and existence. Nevertheless families were still being torn apart while new bonds were being formed. Some fighting for simply another meal. Humanity is sometimes reduced to brutal animalism. Slavery has become the norm. With wildlife mutations making their own bid for domination. One family, the Richardson's was atypical in these trying times. Follow this family whose head is a leading officer. With four sons fighting, dying or captured. And a wife and two daughters struggling to keep the family a unit. Where the youngest son prevails above the rest only to spill his life's blood into the soil he has sworn to defend.