The world is being bombarded by massive solar flares. Now there is no electricity, and no more food in the stores. Everything has been turned upside down and backwards 200 years. How will the small Indiana town of North Webster survive without electricity, cars, or help? Follow the adventures of Sugar, the town cop and the families of the town that will become "New Webster", as they deal with famine, attacks on their city, sickness, and a new way of life. Will it be a better world in the end?