"Seventeen-year-old Pip takes the headstrong twelve-year-old Iris under her protection in the wake of an earth-shattering plague. The duo must navigate the nearly unrecognizable remains of the Spokane Valley, facing roving slave traders, merciless gangs,and worse. Pip and Iris soon meet Fly, a stubborn and courageous older girl, and as the three grow closer and their circumstances grow more perilous, they must also grapple with their own identities in this cruel new world"--
