In a world changed beyond recognition, the survivors are beginning to build new lives. Nicola Ashbrook lived through the end of the world. Now she sets out in search of food. What she finds is a country populated by creatures she never knew existed. But the real threat could come from the humans who made it through the madness. Vincent Malleson has waited over a century for his mate, but can she accept him for what he really is? Will she see beyond the murderer? When their safe haven is threatened, they set out across a country full of new perils.