Bench watched his father, Grand Stanley; follow a clan tradition by leaping off a cliff and attempting to fly with only a homemade parachute. Young Bench is left to travel down the steep slopes of Squirrel Mountain. His trip home is filled with many strange yet exciting events, e.g. meeting animals that could speak, fighting his family's archrival Deener, and being pursued by a strange flying object in the sky.

Bench becomes a man, a very powerful man and political figure. He is the first president of the Republic. The Republic is a war torn version of the U.S.A. and Canada. A young doctor, Captain Robert Stanton, befriends him. Together they fight the enemy, a large group of Chinese built androids. The Republic flounders and war is inevitable.

From the Publisher:I truly enjoyed reading this story. I'm a big fan of apocalyptic fiction and found Squirrel Mountain very satisfying.