This is the prologue of the new novel Ive been writing for around a month. It is also the first chapter and the second chapter is were the actual story starts. The real story is nothing like this so if you don't like this don't be turned off. 
"My God, James what are you thinking?", the commander in chief of the United States almost screamed into the speaker phone in his office."You are really going to go through with this? Think of what you are actually doing!" said the President.
"I know exactly what we are doing and how we will be doing it Mr. President". James Stanley, the Eco terrorist, said calmly. "As we speak my comrades are infiltrating the last of the nuclear facilities we need to destroy the parasitic species we are", James said.
"Think of all the nature you will be destroying", said the president.
"Nature will slowly heal itself and return to its natural state. Humans fortunately will not".
With that Stanley hung up the phone. The president sat at his desk listening to the dial tone and staring at the concrete wall in his bunker, where he and his family had been staying for two days. Six hours later a total of 14,000 missiles carrying nuclear warheads lifted off from their silos and slammed into the world.
The terrorists that let these missiles off were called Red Cell. They were just an obscure group of extreme environmentalists that were based in the U.S. and the U.K. who had gained they gained celebrity status as environmental advocates.James Stanley worked his way to the top of the organization and in a hostile takeover took control of it. He took advantage of the huge following that numbered in the tens of millions around the world. Military officers to state senators to teachers were openly part of Red Cell. He started his plan to save the earth by destroying it and wiping out all of humanity. They used their noble cause to gain the influence to control people high up the chain of command in many countries. When the missiles started flying the only countries that weren't targeted were ones with extremely small populations. Red Cell wanted to keep as much nature alive as possible. Small pockets of people stayed in countries that weren't effected but never came back to the way things were. Governments that were hidden away underground had to come up eventually and when they did they found barren land that still had enough radiation to kill them.
It wasn't until around 2030 that radiation in North America dissipated enough for wildlife to start making a come back. Deer, rabbits, squirrels, and wild dogs started building up they're numbers.Mid-size trees grew and the world slowly started re building. The northern-most parts of Canada were untouched by radiation. People who lived there were safe for awhile but without resources from the rest of the world most didn't last long. By 2040 people had made they're way south to the north of America.
The people who inhabited this area were tough loners that went for months without seeing anyone else.
They hunted with guns and ammunition they had. There was no gasoline or vehicles. Almost everything that was of use in buildings or houses were taken long ago.Packs of wild dogs that roamed the land hunted animals and humans alike. They traveled in packs of 20 or more when the food was scarce and went off alone when it was plentiful.
Steven Hood was born nine years after the explosions, in the north of Canada. His father and mother lived there when the when the disaster happened. Stevens mother died of pneumonia when he was only three. When he was three he and his father made they're way down to the north of America. This is when Steven learned to survive in the wilderness. They made it to Montana and stayed there. Stevens father died a week after his 13Th birthday. He cut his leg chopping wood and it grew infected. Steven had to face the world and all its dangers by himself.
