Twenty two years ago the lights went out; the machines that ran civilization came to a sudden stop. Facing his own mortality, the leader of one of the few thriving communities must make a difficult choice to confess the group's dark past to the younger generation. A generation who's only knowledge of their history was limited to whispers heard through closed doors, the burnt remains of a civilization far from their protected valley, and a prayer; "Live in the present and look to the future. The past must be forgotten." However, distant rumbles drifting over the horizon may show this community that while they may have tried to forget about the remains of the outside world, that world has not forgotten them. The first book of The Shadows of Ta-senet