Out of the ashes and into the future..Knakefish, California, is rich in currency of post-holocaust America-Gasoline.Almost leveled by the Soviet missiles that annihilated most of the West Coast, Snakefish is in themidst of a reconstruction, financed by a commodity far more valuable than the usual Deathlands jack. But greed and man's lust for power threaten to shatter the hard won peace and tracquiollity of this fledging community as disparate factions fight for control of the substance that will give the wealth beyong their wildest dreams. Ryan Cawdor and his companions emerge from a gateway and step into the path of a smoldering war for power.