Seven years ago, it happened. The scorching flood claimed lives, minds and hearts. Ailey, along with only a portion of the millions of people that once were, live in this cursed world. But a terrible secret remains undiscovered waiting for the right person to find it. Is Ailey that person? Or will the truth wither away? Along the way she experiences friendship, love and betrayal. Will she survive? Or surrender to the extreme conditions of the world she calls home?