The famous novel by American authors, which became a No. 1 bestseller, tells the story of the strength of the human spirit demonstrated during a terrifying worldwide cataclysm. Comet Hamner-Brown, while passing through the solar system, broke up into many fragments and collided with the Earth. A global catastrophe led to war between Russia and China. All of Europe and other low-lying lands sank. Many days of rain, tsunamis, cold snaps, earthquakes and other disasters began. The surviving Americans formed groups. The most numerous of them is a gang of cannibals, which lives by raiding neighboring lands and is forced to constantly expand its territory of influence. She is opposed by the remnants of civilized society, hidden in an inaccessible mountain valley. War is brewing..