Social unrest, disease, and environmental vectors we currently hold at bay have torn apart the country, perhaps the world. Two people fight to survive, one walking a many-mile trail for home, the other a woman who has survived the killing of her husband and daughter. Their path through alarms and attacks while they build hayricks and celebrate their love of music and literature is Catchfly's story. They probe flamenco and Purcell's haunting "Rondeau," while scavengers hunt them. This is a near-future that has none.Set in the Poconos and Central Pennsylvania.