Police sergeant Jason Logan, nurse-practitioner Kaya de los Santos, and her teenage son Ben become caught up in the chaos that ensues when terrorist bombs and a mysterious mist hit the working-class neighborhood of Barcester, Massachusetts, isolating the community and forcing people to put aside their differences to save themselves.
When Reverend Daniel Glory announces that the Rapture is taking place on October 15 at 5:51 a.m., Mark Hogan does what any red-blooded egomaniac in his situation would do--he borrows a boatload of money from the mob. No risk; after all, when the Rapture comes, Hogan will be long gone. But what will happen when Jesus fails to come back on schedule?
