The "big one" rocks Los Angeles and shakes loose terror and urban chaos that make the LA riots seem like a picnic. In this compelling vision, there are no Good Samaritans banding together. Rather, the disruption releases human animals far more ghastly than those in your worst nightmares. Clint Banner and his daughter Barbara are trapped on opposite sides of the city, desperately trying to get home. To travel through post-quake Los Angeles has become a descent into the lowest reaches of hell. Clint and Barbara must survive the roving gangs of homicidal maniacs and their own companions gone beserk. And, if they do arrive home safely, Stanley Banks might be waiting for them.