Vitajte vo svete zmietanom katastrofou, kde sa ľudstvo snaží prežiť v drsných podmienkach. Tento svet je rozdelený medzi zvyšné osady, divokých pirátov a technologicky vyspelé komunity. Keď dôjde k únosu, zdanlivo obyčajné dievča sa vydáva na nebezpečnú cestu, aby zachránila svoj domov. Cestou odhalí tajomstvá a stretne postavy, ktoré zmenia jej osud aj osud sveta.
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.