What would you do if you were locked in a maximum-security prison when a series of catastrophic events ended the modern world as we know it? Where would you go and how would you manage to survive if you managed to escape? These and other hard questions must be faced by the wrongfully disgraced scholar Jordan Bruno and his streetwise friend Lance De Lorean/ bad-boy son of a Hollywood superstar/ as they struggle to save themselves and their few surviving loved ones. Chapter by chapter the story unfolds, alternately narrated by street- smart De Lorean and compassionate/ erudite Bruno. With clarity and panache both voices relate situations that reflect white-knuckle terror at certain moments/ side-splitting humor at others. Their quest assumes new dimensions when Bruno finds a functioning community under the direction of his close friend/ the eminent scientist Richard Adams/ and De Lorean departs to rescue his beautiful/ doomed girlfriend Rita. Moreover/ in the wake of the world-shattering disasters both divine and demonic forces appear to be battling for what is left of the human race. Bruno learns that his twelve-year-old godson Lannie Adams is not the biological son of his friend Richard/ but was cloned from DNA of mysterious/ possibly divine origin. When a deluded-or perhaps actually possessed-villain attempts to destroy Lannie/ it befalls Bruno to save the boy at all costs. The resulting story draws upon so many aspects of history/ legend/ literature/ and science. It makes not just a good/ but an unforgettable read. Several readers of the prepublished manuscript declared: "It makes Left Behind look left behind!"