After The Dying Time

In a post-Impact world there are Kings, subjects, slaves and those desperately fighting to remain free. Twelve years after The Dying Time Impact, Joseph Scarlatti reigns as King of California, or at least that's what he's called to his face. Behind his back the words tyrant, butcher, monster and cannibal are spoken softly in fear of being overheard. His spies are everywhere. His empire spans the remains of the entire West Coast. But his need for power is all consuming so he invades the Colorado Freeholds and the Nation of Deseret (formerly Utah) and he hasn't forgotten about gaining control of the top secret weapon that can assure him of world domination.

On the moon, where the crew of the International Space Station relocated to survive, a mutiny is brewing. The population is growing, resources are getting scarce, their power supply is failing and people are getting sick of military rule.

There's also a growing fear that if anyone on Earth gains control of The Weapon they'll use it against Luna City and plans are hatched to destroy the space based laser.

Meanwhile, Havoc's twin (a six mile wide asteroid) is hurtling toward Earth and that weapon is the only thing that can prevent another Dying Time.