Nine years caged in a FEMA camp have shattered Erika Moore—once a rebel legend, now scarred by a failed uprising and iron-box torment. Her family—husband Vince and their children—anchors her in a dystopia of forced infertility and oppression. A rescue squad job dangles freedom, but betrayal and floods threaten to drown her hope. In a The Handmaid’s Tale -like nightmare fused with The Last of Us raw survival, Erika defies a ruthless system to save her loved ones. Every move teeters between ruin and redemption. This post-apocalyptic tale of resistance and grit grips like a dystopian epic—will Erika break free? A must-own paperback for fans of unrelenting survival sagas.