Utilizing the hyposthesis of Charles Hapgood's "The Earth's Shifting Crust," the scientific fact that an ice cap had formed over Sweden 10,000 years ago, and the archeological statement that the human race began populating Europe at this time, this would have forced the population south which is the point where the story begins. Taking the myth of the Sanskrit writing in the east of a horrendous war, a family escapes to the west which eventually meets the northern people in a heroic effort for survival.