Tim Channing and Marcus Taylor escaped the apocalypse but now find themselves standing amid its aftermath. They know now that the Dark One that haunted their dreams is not only real--it's coming for them. Their only chance of survival is to find a lone girl hidden somewhere among the decimated American landscape.Their journey is a race against time as the nightmarish Creature devours their planet. Traveling from ocean to ocean in search of the place of stone and light, the heroic pair must evade their adversary and his dark minions while enduring the brutal conditions of their dying world. Only then will they find refuge from the monster and learn about their incredible identities as they draw ever closer to fulfilling their destinies.The end of the world is just the beginning.