When Ethan and his sister Ilana decided to use much of their wealth to buy, secure, and outfit a luxurious, isolated shelter, they didn't expect TEOTWAWKI to become a reality. When it happened, they didn't expect to so quickly find three others with whom they could share the shelter as family. When they did, they welcomed them, secure in the knowledge that together, they would be able to survive and flourish as they began the process of rebuilding humanity and civilization. They thought of everything. Or did they? Culmination is the story of what might happen to people faced with difficult and disturbing decisions as the world falls apart around them.