Acturaries Daniel and Kimberly Epstein were leading what most would consider boring and sedentary lives yet were serenely happy spending their days providing clients with risk analysis. Considered the top in their profession the New York City firm of Epstein & Epstein prospered, that is until Dan began to realize the data he was processing indicated the likelihood of a global economic melt down followed by the immanent collapse of civilization. Alarmed by the knowledge that they were about to face the worst catastrophe in all of human history. Dan and Kim began searching for some means to ride out the coming apocalypse and in doing so embarked on a saga that would not only change their lives but also the lives of those they encountered.