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Among Actualist poets and vegetarian restaurant/bakery workers, there isn't much serious crime, but there's plenty in the college town around them. This novel puts you in 1975, when Iowa City was home to several movements at the same time, and when that guy with the pitchfork in American Gothic gave everybody a hard look, because of all the things they were doing.

Tinsmith Jonah has always longed for a wife and family, but his hopes died in war. He knows no woman wants a crippled man. He has taken in two young orphans and is raising them on his own. Anne has lived a hard life since her parents died, being taken in by her aunt and uncle who treat her like an unpaid servant. When she sees the ad from Jonah, she sees light in her life again and is happy to accept his proposal. But the children want nothing to do with Anne.

In a desolate future where humanity has nearly vanished, only three people remain on Earth, struggling to survive in a world that has been irrevocably altered. The story is narrated by Liam Gilespie, one of the last survivors, who chronicles his lonely existence and the downfall of civilization that led to this apocalyptic reality. Striving to discover the truth behind their new world, Liam's adventures take him to new parts of the United States, where new struggles await.