Her name is Florence, and she did not cry when the world ended. Two years after Great Britain is devastated by an alien virus, a young girl and her ex-military guardian are drawn back to the mainland for reasons only known to the dark gift inside her head. It's a gift neither she nor the old soldier trusts entirely, but their only hope is to obey its call into the wastelands. But is her ability a curse or a blessing? And will it lead them to salvation or death?