When the inexplicable collapse of the world economic system upends Joe’s steady life of comfort and luxury, he must face the disturbing fact that all of his skills and hard work as a financial advisor are now worthless. As global markets continue to plummet and public utilities are forced to shut down in the midst of a brutal winter, public protests turn violent and Joe and his wife, Maria, flee to the protection of a friend’s secluded farm. But while the others settle into this new primitive lifestyle, Joe’s sense of failure deadens his heart to Maria and drives him to embark on a cross-country journey in search of a new purpose. An apocalyptic tale unlike any you’ve read before, The World as We Know It follows Joe through stirring encounters and deadly adventures as he struggles to discover whether there’s a place for him in this new world.