It's a troubling, yet also fulfilling time in Ranger Randy's life. The Ranger detachment loses another of their own. And it couldn't happen at a worse time, for Randy's still feeling guilt over his partner's death. And Tom's killers are still on the loose. The world is slowly adapting to life without machines. Most of the survivors are learning new skills. Most are helping one another, finally realizing that the key to survival is to work together. Still, an alarming number are simply giving up and taking the easy way out. Randy finally finds Sarah. And that helps a lot. But now that there's a second cop killer roaming the streets of Lubbock, he cannot rest. Not until justice is done.