Since her small towns beauty pageant began years ago, every female in Geena Johnsons family has won and the quirky inhabitants believe this winning streak to be the sole reason why their town flourishes. Now, it is Geenas turn but the youngest member of the prestigious Johnson clan absolutely refuses to compete. Geena soon realizes, however, that the more she works to get herself expelled from the pageant, the more everyone tries to keep her in it. Yet, after gathering her own group of misfit helpers, Geena defiantly vows to change destiny.

After the Great Plague created a dead world, they thought nothing else could happen to them but they were wrong. When the Monster arrives one morning on the western horizon and without any sign of stopping, they started moving east. Now as they have reached the end of the world and with only a rusted boat and little provisions they prepared to leave. But life is not such an easy choice and two lovers will have to decide, stay and die in the mouth of the Monster or go with the rest into possible death as well. Fate will show its head and an unseen force will drive them face to face with all their fears and learn that they never had a choice for life after all.

Includes decisions of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1902-1934, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1934-1959, and various other courts of the District of Columbia.