As Wind In Dry Grass

Albert Smythe just wants to be left alone. An eccentric, unsociable man who many in the town of Provost, IN., view with a mixture of suspicion and contempt, he has dedicated his life to becoming self-sufficient. But a surprise attack that even dwarfs 911 in its consequences changes everything. Terrorists - maybe domestic, maybe foreign - shut down the food delivery system to the cities, throwing the country into chaos. Within thirty-six hours, the cities are in flames and within a week, Martial Law has been declared. UN troops are called in to assist the beleaguered American military restore order; but many soldiers refuse to kill and imprison their fellow citizens. When a mutating virus begins to wipe out everyone, civil war is inevitable. Albert would have been prepared to stay out of it, to remain on his farm and milk his goats and tinker in his garage. But the system can deal with anything except a man who chooses to be left alone. And once awakened from his hermetic existence, Albert Smythe, the non-entity, the invisible man, becomes their most terrible enemy.