Three complete stories of apocalyptic disasters that befall the citizens of the United States by one of America's most popular apocalyptic fiction writers. Read how some Americans rise to meet the challenges and fight to survive when disaster strikes. The Lottery Winner. When Jake wins the lottery, it changes his life. And his life needs changing too as a somewhat screwed up veteran. He starts to get his head on straight and then the nation's economy starts to crumble. As things get worse and worse, Jake tries to think of ways to stay ahead of the game. Cincinnati Shutdown. This is a story of a teenager becoming a man over several years during increasingly bad economic times in the city of Cincinnati. When the economy completely falls apart, is he man enough to protect those he loves? Korean Chaos. Lars and his family feel safe in their rural house in the middle of America. But with North Korea constantly threatening the United States and now knowing that Korea does have long range ICBM's and the nukes to fit them, things seem much more serious. So together the married couple decides to take a few precautions for 'just in case.' The question is have they done enough and done it soon enough? Can they protect their young daughter if something does happen?