trapped on the Pinellas County Peninsula on Florida's West Coast. Some still struggle on scattered in groups, or alone, fighting, dying, loving, and hating: President Foster; Talaski, the cop; Trish, the dancer; Jacobs, the special ops soldier; Morgan Blake, janitor; Janicea, the activist; Dead-Eye Johnny, the discount store cart pusher; and many more. All of them, caught together, against the backdrop of humanity's swansong, trying to escape to a place far from the maddened crowd.