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Star MedLab occupies what was once a factory in Shelton, Connecticut. Now, the medical facility boasts its ability to cure an assortment of mental illnesses and emotional disorders. To make it truly accessible it offers a payment for each admission! But is it a benevolent sanctuary or a place where coercion and experimentation on the vulnerable takes precedence over wellness?

When a nuclear missile is launched from somewhere in the east - North Korea or China - communications from other parts of the earth ceased. Thirty years later, civilization still struggles to become redefined. A new society has formed with new rules. Those that follow the rules can hope for a few years of comfort. Those on the inside of the safety dome have it tough. Those on the outside don’t last long. As far as the eye can see, the earth outside is radioactive, primitive. These are the stories of the survivors, men and women that struggle to eke out a living in a world gone awry.

N65 was designed to give the US and its allies the upper hand by decimating its enemies' young and intelligent citizens, leaving only those with fewer neurons—the elderly, the limited, the psychotic—behind. They didn't count on the gas affecting the entire planet. Or that the Earth itself would revolt. Will those that remain be able to survive the New World? Or will civilization come to an end?

A generation after a nerve agent decimated the planet, legendary Barbara Hanson's children, Summer and Amon, attempt to discover the dark secrets of the past. Tall tales and gossip have destroyed their mother's credibility and it's up to them to make it right. But, will they be banished for their curiosity? A quote from the Old Testament may hold the key.