Welcome to a world ravaged by disaster, where humanity struggles to survive in harsh conditions. This world is divided between remaining settlements, fierce pirates, and technologically advanced communities. When an abduction occurs, an seemingly ordinary girl embarks on a perilous journey to save her home. Along the way, she uncovers secrets and encounters characters who will alter her destiny and the world's.
Lilly Melkun is out fishing with her sea-cat when the bloodthirsty Reavers come raiding and steal the Prime Minister's daughter. Her village blamed, Lilly decides to find the girl. Off she sails in secret with a ransom - an extraordinary talking jewel. But nothing can prepare her for what happens next...
Flooded England, 2216 - Lilly Melkun has outwitted the bloodthirsty Reavers, who prowl the waters that cover most of England - and escaped to Cambridge. Worse follows, when the professors of Cambridge plug it into an ancient mainframe computer setting in motion a fiery chain of events leading back to London.