An innocent trek through the desert erupts into a nightmare for twenty-two people when an atomic bomb ruptures the dawn. Beneath the surface of this world-changing event, science continues to advance in the private lives of the military’s classified victims, who survive exposure to nuclear radiation only to become prisoners and medical test subjects in a clandestine government facility that lies hidden under a mountain.

Sarah and her companions savor their freedom as they seek a new beginning and a new life. However, they soon realize that the cataclysmic event that disrupted their past has also forever changed their future.

Three years of running from the Council, hiding from society, and fighting for survival continue to haunt Sarah and her family as they dare to believe they have discovered an Eden that could be the answer to their prayers.

Maia is a lonely little cat in Bethlehem who longs for someone to love. One afternoon a young Galilean couple comes to stay at her stable, and Maia's life changes forever.