It's 14 years since a mysterious global catastrophe - survivors call it The Event - wiped out most human life and literally reshaped the Earth. Whole continents split and sank.

Felix is 13 and has no family, like most survivors. He also has no memory of the first eight years of his life. His reluctant guardian Anna refuses to fill in the gaps: she thinks ignorance is bliss.

They live in the small farming settlement of Doggett Island in what's left of England - sea levels have risen by over 400 feet, drowning every major city.

Felix spends most days out on his kite boat, catching fish...