A fantasy thriller which explores survival paths of twenty-one people in the face of an unprecedented global catastrophe. The story begins in the year 2014. Humphrey Nortgaden knew the predictions within the old prophesy for 2012. But the calculated timeline was wrong. The old predictions are taking place now, 2014. As an astronomer, he sees the changes in the night sky, and he can do nothing but wait for the cataclysmic outcome. Others sense the driving need to build things that float. Still others are perplexed yet driven to gather articles for survival, silly things, trivial things, but all basic items to maintain life. But survival from what? The Government is silent and sounds no warning to the masses, even as those same World Government officials leave un-announced in huge spaceships. In the blink of an eye, the quakes begin, cold rains fall unceasingly, after that, floods come. The sun oddly sets and rises in the wrong places. People panic. There is no place to go, no place to hide. But a few find safety in boats and floating things. These are the survivors, twenty-one of them to be exact and diverse on every level. Amazingly, their boats are drawn to one miraculous mountain. The fight to survive is fierce, and they clash emotionally, intellectually, and physically. Lines are drawn and knives clash. Not all live through these events. Then two of the leaders discover a profound document, listing the names of those who were chosen to survive the chaos, --- and then they learn why they were chosen and who did the choosing.

With strong comedy and love interests, this story reveals real-life situations, and the fact that sex is not just for the young. The 'over-50' crowd takes the reins in this story and can change your mind about the fun of growing older. In this story Ruby Maguire, the heroine of this romantic comedy, married young, had a child, and lived a life befitting the picture of a strong 'nuclear' family. In the small town of Smileyville, Kansas where one and all know everything about everyone, Ruby presents herself as a strong church going, God-fearing citizen, and this is the image she'd always presented to the world. But what she presents is something she is not. She had never been sure that her husband ever loved her. Having little sex in her married life, she fearfully thinks this had impact on having a gay son. All this unhappiness was due to an event that she'd never shared with anyone - until now. In a desperate attempt to right her empty life, she tells of a terrible secret on her sixty-fifth birthday. She and her three close friends are members of a local chapter of a Ladies Society named "The Garter Girls." The women of her group are gleefully abuzz with gossip, memories of youth, sex, and all are brimming with hope of a September romance. In this story, it is their determination to help their friend Ruby find love once again. Their search leads to strange and wild adventures for the ladies, where each wants to find excitement and love. In the end, Ruby finds what she had been looking for all her life... in her husband's arms.This is a book that makes you want to read it a second time