It all began with a war... In a lawless world Jess lives alone. The governments fell a long time ago when an unknown plague wiped out all the adults. Now gangs wage war on one another for control of the streets below her dilapidated apartment. Alone and afraid she earns a meager living trading with Mollie, a blind Irish woman who works in the black market. Ian and Lucie were raised in a world of privilege until their parents contracted the disease. They were thrown into life in the tenements trying to survive while watching their parents die. Only with Jess' help is Ian able to care for his...

Jess lost her family when the plagues came, but gained a new one when she married Ian. Pregnant with another man's baby, Jess and her new family travel through the vast labyrinth of cemeteries searching for the Promised Land. Surrounded by the unknown will they get there before the baby arrives?

Mollie's life in the pastoral Irish countryside couldn't have been more perfect. She had a home, a family, enough to eat, and a safe place to live. She spends her days fishing with her Da and making fairy houses on the water's edge. It is the too perfect picture of peace and serenity. When rumors of a global war reach the elders of her village, Mollie's once peaceful life turns to one of quiet fear. She hears of a strange illness spreading like wildfire through cities and towns all over the world. Fathers are being sent off to war, never to return. When devastating news arrives from the city...