It is written in "blog style" from the point of view of a U.S. Army officer known as "Bandit Six".

The novel is set in a post apocalyptic world that has been ravaged by a brief ice age and disease.

[1][2] "Bandit Six", the book's protagonist, discusses his adventures following a withdrawal from the Middle East by U.S. forces in a time of chaos and disease.

He commands a Stryker company that is left behind in Iran to guard a U.S. military equipment depot after a worldwide outbreak of mutated bird flu.

He and his company repeat the journey of the Ten Thousand to return home, where he assists in agricultural recovery efforts and leads a military operation to regain control of a major American city.