After their near-miss with the Children of God, Alyssa and Kyra are hesitant to trust strangers again. The world after the mysterious brown rain isn't what they had been expecting, but they cannot go back. Hunger and thirst drive them onward, and duty takes them into the embrace of another survivor community. Will they find a more open welcome this time around? Or is the depravity of man more universal than Alyssa and Kyra can comprehend?