EDITORIAL REVIEW: Tracy Dixon is an unwitting suspect in a high-profile jewelry theft. The NYPD warns her not to leave town. But Tracy gets word that her beloved brother, Jeff, is barely clinging to life, seriously burned in an automobile accident. Although she had vowed never again to set foot in her hometown, Tracy throws caution to the wind and rushes back to Allerton. Leif Ericson, Allerton's chief of police, can't forget that he was lured into a trap by a pretty woman. His bad knee is a constant reminder of his moment of weakness. How can he trust this beautiful stranger who claims to be Jeff Dixon's sister? The gossips in Allerton warn him about her shady reputation. Tracy faces a tough battle to prove her innocence, earn Leif's trust, and reclaim her good name.

AND SO IT BEGINS… In the United States, the Department of Defense and the NSA computer networks have been hacked. A nuclear-armed CIA drone has lost all flight control. North Korea… Iran… Russia… and soon the gates of Hell will open. DEFCON 1—FULL SCALE NUCLEAR WAR Humanity’s most terrifying nightmare has become reality. Bombs are detonated, missiles are launched, counterstrikes are ordered, and within minutes, untold thousands of megatons have left countless millions dead or dying. Devastation of biblical proportions has fallen over the land… and the USA has been hit the hardest. NOW THE SURVIVORS ARE ON THEIR OWN… The death toll is incalculable. Following the devastation, there is no law, no power, no communication. But there are survivors. And now the real battle begins, on the ground, hand to hand, person to person. Can those who remain survive long enough to rebuild a world… or will it just take a little longer for them to die?

NOTHING CAN PREPARE YOU… It strikes without warning. A massive geomagnetic solar storm that destroys every power grid in the northern hemisphere. North America is without lights, electricity, phones, and navigation systems. In one week, the human race is flung back to the Dark Ages. NOTHING CAN SAVE YOU… In Boulder, Colorado, weather technicians watch in horror as civilization collapses around them. Planes are falling out of the skies. Cars are dead. Pandemonium and terror grip the Northern Hemisphere. As nuclear reactors across North America face inevitable meltdowns, the U.S. President remains powerless in a heavily guarded White House. From London to Boston to Anchorage, there is no food, no water, no hope. It's every man for himself… and it will only get worse. SURVIVAL IS EVERYTHING. Only one man—army veteran Zeke Marshall—is prepared to handle a nightmare like this. But when he tries to reunite with his family in Dallas—across a lawless terrain as deadly as any battlefield—he discovers there are worse things in life than war. And there are terrible and unthinkable things he'll have to do to survive…

1943: la población judía de Roma, a la que hasta entonces no habían afectado los horrores del Norte, vive atemorizada por los nazis. Con el Tercer Reich a punto de venirse abajo, los ocupantes alemanes de la Ciudad Santa ofrecen a los judíos la posibilidad de pagar un rescate por sus vidas: si los judíos de Roma pagan diez millones de dólares a los alemanes, su seguridad estará asegurada. El gran rabino de Roma, incapaz de reunir esa cantidad de dinero dentro de la comunidad, sabe que el único hombre capaz de conseguir un crédito es el jefe judío de las finanzas del Vaticano. Sin embargo, las reservas del Vaticano están bajas y el papa Pío XII sabe que se necesitarán todos y cada uno de los óbolos de San Pedro una vez terminada la guerra, de modo que propone otra solución. Envía a un joven sacerdote de confianza a Estados Unidos para obtener la suma de dinero de un donante muy especial. La misión es un éxito y los diez millones de dólares se trasladan a Roma en un baúl. Sin embargo, los ocupantes alemanes nunca recibieron el dinero y con una rapidez y eficiencia encomiables los nazis montaron a los judíos en trenes con destino a los campos de concentración del Norte. Una semilla malévola, regada con la sangre de los judíos, empieza a germinar en las entrañas de la Santa Sede: se trata de la traición divina. Elliot Bradford, presidente de Finvest, una empresa de investigación financiera, se ve involucrado en una red de crímenes y muerte. Mientras intenta hallar la explicación del suicidio de su mentor y la muerte de su mujer y sus hijos, Bradford se embarca en un viaje hacia el terror, ayudado por una bella espía empresarial, un sacerdote jesuita y un poli duro de Nueva York con la intención de desarticular la traición divina.