Postapocalypticadventurebroughtforthbynuclearannihilation.Layeringinreverseracialinequality,andtheadvancementsofscience&technologyonlyachievablebyacivilizationthathasnosuffering.Weexaminewhatis,whatwas,andwhatcouldbe.100yearsago,theyvanished.Nooneknewwhy,nooneknewhow--nooneknewanything.Thescientistswerestunned,helltheworldwasstunned,andasformyself,Iknewitwasamomentthatwouldhauntourhistory.MynameisBettyAnders,asmall-townteacherwithanintrepidhusband.DavidandIlivedourpeaceful,uneventfullivesinNebraska:Itaught,whilehepursuedhisresearchinbiogeneticengineering.Hisbreakthroughdiscovery--quantumentangledbotany--gaveushopeforabrighter,moresustainablefuture...whichturnedtoutterfearwhenthegovernmenttookittoofar.Ofcoursetheydid.Ourremainingpeaceevaporatedwhenthemissilesstartedfalling,firedbycruelly-intentionedleadersoftheAlliance.Iknowwhatyou’rethinking...WHATfreakingmissiles?Butbarewithme,there’salottocover,andnotalotoftime.SoonwefoundourselvesconfinedtoDavid’sbunker,franticallysearchingforanyinformation.Whowasleft?Howhadthefalloutalteredthelandscape?Icouldn’thelpmymindgotothesimpleprevailingtruththatmyhusband’sscientificbreakthroughisnowthemostimportantpieceofknowledgeontheplanet.Aswebraceourselvestoleavethebunker,Iwonder,aboveall,iftheseeventsaresomehowlinkedtothegreatmysteryofwhathappenedwiththeNativeAmericansthose100yearsago.WhileDavidandIfindourplaceinthispost-apocalypticworld,weneedyourhelpinsummoningthecouragetopushforwardasIhaveafeelingthatthelinesofhistoryareallconvergingonthismomentintime.“aheadyandthoroughlyengrossingstory...refreshinglyvividandthought-provokinglydifferent.“--DianeC.Donovan,SeniorReviewerMIDWESTBOOKREVIEW
