When Time Stood Still is a book about a group of people who survive a solar storm. The world is devastated. They must fight marauders off to live in a world of no electricity and no phones. It is as if time has gone back hundreds of years. The difference between right and wrong is blurred. The group has a saying, "everything is free!" The group must take, sometimes by force, what they have to have to live. The story is about a married man, Larry, who has an affair with a much younger beautiful woman. He must choose between her and his family. Larry leads the group out of darkness into a brave new world, where nothing will ever be the same. He fights marauders and in the final scene is shot four times in the chest. Will he live or die, and who will stand by him?