A high-speed shootout is the last thing Dr. Einstein Brad Pope expects as he drives to his wedding in the North Carolina Mountains, but that’s exactly what he gets.

With his fiancé in tow, the 35-year-old psychologist’s high-profile stance against assault rifles and military-style weapons enraged homegrown domestic terrorists, making him the target of their ire as he becomes ensnared in the web of the United Survivalist Army, a group of domestic extremists whose motto is, “Prepare to Survive or Die.” The radical cell of deep-woods doomsayers is busy preparing for SHTF, the day “Shit Hits the Fan.” And Pope is the first target on their list.