When four recent high school graduates return home from a weekend of camping, they expect to go back to life as usual. Instead, the boys discover empty streets, abandoned cars, and utter silence—everyone has disappeared. As the friends attempt to solve the mystery, they stumble upon more questions than answers. Why won’t the electronics work? Where did the wind go? What do the notebooks full of gibberish mean? With each new discovery, they learn that nothing was ever quite what it seemed on Echo Island and that a deep secret is drawing them in—if only they would surrender to it. Join Bradley, Jason, Archer, and Tim on this exploration into myth and mystery. Uncover exactly what happened on Echo Island and what these four friends’ story has to do with God, the meaning of life, and the nature of reality.

A destructive 8.7 earthquake nearly destroys San Francisco. The Prescott family's home is demolished, the mother killed, and the father crippled. Their two sons, Jack, a senior in high school, and Dillon (former SEAL) in college, are unhurt-but determined to be prepared for the next disaster. When the Prescotts discover manmade forces were behind the disaster, they purchase a 315-acre island off the coast of Maine where there are no earthquakes. They recruit a community of friends/preppers with unique skills, some military-survival foremost in their plans yet there are sparks of romance. Before they finalize their preparations on the island, the unthinkable happens-a massive global disaster strikes, the world spiraling into an Ice Age-manmade pre-events the cause. While they attempt to find out who's behind it all, local law enforcement, and workers who helped build their island fortress, come after Echo Island's wealth of food/water, shelter, and energy-betrayals adding to the threats. The Prescott's Echo Island community is forced to survive more than the ice age-they must defend their lives.

"Theresa's vacation on Echo Island takes a dark turn when she discovers a conspiracy to pollute the pristine island. She enlists Max, a charming local, to help her expose the scheme. Even as they fight the illegal polluters, Theresa becomes irresistibly drawn to Max. Soon they are bound together by his deepest secret. Their fight to protect the lake leads them to underwater caves, dangerous paths, and a spontaneous kiss. But will they make it off the island alive?"--