Cirrus Swirl, a simple construction worker for the Aerial division of RobCo is a simple Pegasus. He has his job, an apartment in downtown Manehatten, and his lovely newlywed wife, Sunrise. Everything is going well, despite the war. Nothing could have prepared him for the horrors of that fall morning, when all the rules were cast aside and the bombs began to fall. Everything he had ever known is now gone, lost forever in a spat of extreme violence between two now-shattered nations. In the weeks and months to come, will he be able to survive in this harsh, new world, or will he be swept aside, just another victim to be killed by an act of atrocity?

This is not a tale about a hero cleaning up the wastes with a gun, or a coward fleeing from the horrors of a world he doesn't understand. This story's only enemy is that of the unknown future, and the fear of facing a world fundamentally different than the one we are used to. It is about the average pony, with no great experience, being forced to make the decisions we all fear to face. This tale is about survival without sacrificing everything that makes life worth living.