NEW DARK AGE Centuries after the Cataclysm, men struggle against ignorance and fear. Technology is dead. Bands of humans cower in hiding—from beasts, and men more vicious than beasts. Dug within a mountain by scientists long dead, Saluston is a safe haven for the Hunter and his people. Outside wait danger and death. Inside means safety-until attack comes unforeseen. Escape would mean fleeing Saluston. The only alternative is battle.

Derek and his people are entering a strange new world, a world changed beyond recognition by a devastating nuclear holocaust. Driven from their haven in the caves of Saluston by a band of evil, mutant invaders, they are heading west in search of a new home. Ahead lies an unknown future and a land filled with deadly new forms of plant and animal life. Behind them the invaders are in pursuit...