Getting home was only the beginning
The Simmons household grows but supplies remain limited due to the federal blockade of the state. The future looks bleak for the people of New Hampshire as there is not enough food on hand to make it through to the next growing season. An urban gang raids Cheshire in an effort to feed themselves. As if all of that were not trouble enough, tensions develop within the household.
Author’s Notes on Book 2
Book 2 picks up the story of Martin and Susan after they successfully reach his home in New Hampshire. While his modest homestead had several features of a good Bug Out Location, Martin and his wife Margaret were not expert preppers with every need and supply cached away.
A major loss of the power grid seems likely to cause an economic collapse. So much of our current economy relies on fuel to transport goods long distances. When the power is out, the fuel stops. When the fuel stops, the trucks stop. When nothing new is being shipped in, the people of Cheshire have only whatever supplies they had on hand at the time.
Instead, their story is one of improvisation and adaptation. The old routines have been replaced. Manual labor replaced leisure. To survive the winter, everyone in the household has to pitch in. Even so, hard work
In trying to secure alternate food sources, the people of Cheshire manage to get the attention of a ruthless urban gang that is also desperate for food.