After the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake, Rayford Steele must find his wife Amanda White, who was supposed to land in New Babylon. Buck Williams must find his wife Chloe Steele, who was last seen in a house that is now a shattered ruins. The only other person accounted for is Tsion Ben-Judah, and nearly a quarter of the world's population is to be snuffed out by this earthquake. Both Buck and Tsion find a new home for the tribulation force after discovering the death of a close friend to the tribulation.