When Iran launches attacks on Israel and cuts off the oil supply flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, they push the already fragile world economy over the looming financial cliff. The latest round of European debt deals falls through and drags the American economy down with them. Follow the saga of three families as they struggle to cope with the collapse of American society, survive the perils of food shortages, medical shortages, and violent mobs of panicked people as they try to survive, find their way to a new home, and rebuild their lives