There are many books about the collapse of civilization. Few show a rural point of view. Fewer still sound a note of hope. This book does both. Jody Ellis saw death, climate change, terrorism and neo-Fascism destroy her world. Yet, she was hopeful. The people of Asyl, Minnesota, saw their world crushed. Yet, they were not beaten. Karl Mueller tried to build something better on the ruins. He succeeded, with spirituality, science and guts. Jimmy Olson remembered how the world had been. He dreamed of how it could be. YOU will live their stories in the coming years. What will your future look like? Will you have hope, or see the end of all that you hold dear? Choose.