Erika and Vince Moore shepherd their family north across a quake-ravaged Sierra Nevada, nature rising from the ruins, evading feds and mercenaries for a free dawn. Hunted and frail, a fleeting refuge staves off starvation—yet storms and shadows nearly steal young Daniel. In a Station Eleven -like tapestry of renewal and The 100’s fierce struggle, Erika presses on as Vince’s brutal wounds push him to the brink. Her resolve fractures, facing death to guard her own. Allies Bennet and Virgis offer sanctuary—until a governing board demands she bare a decade of atrocities, with a new quake lurking. This post-apocalyptic odyssey of grit and sacrifice grips like a rebel’s testament—will Erika shatter the cage? A must-own paperback for survival saga fans.