A novice bowhunter, Jade Terrel followed her boyfriend Nick to a semi-remote island off northern Lake Michigan's beautiful coastline for what was supposed to have been an extraordinary whitetail hunting trip. But, in one night, everything changes as all communication with the mainland mysteriously severs, leaving behind an ominous orange glow on the eastern horizon. Seven months later, Jade is managing--surviving--with her tribe of campers of Forest Dwellers Resort; the campground they'd been lodging that fateful night the mainland went quiet. Now fiancés, Jade and Nick, and the fellow Dwellers, have banded together to create a new rhythm of life: Jade and Nick hunt for sustenance, others raid the island for resources, and everyone chips in and takes care of each other. Until... After going out for a solo hunt, Nick never returns. The Dwellers are convinced he's succumbed to the elements. Or worse, has been picked off by either the ruthless convicts who've escaped the island's prison or the rogue tactical fighters from the military academy at war with them in the north.Jade's not convinced her fiancé is dead at all. Nick is alive. And she's going to bring him home. No matter what gets in her way. Even if it's her own heart.
