When the bombs fell and Western civilization ended, the residents of Hickory Hollow, Texas, scarcely noticed the difference. They were already used to fending for themselves--growing their own food, helping their neighbors survive, keeping their rural life going, much as before.
But when the Ungers--a band of renegade thieves, murderers, and neer-do-wells--began raiding the nearby plots, looting and killing everyone in sight, it was time to take action! science fiction