Desert is consuming the North American continent, Europe was wiped out by a cataclysmic meteor shower, and the world’s oceans are unsalvageable poison. Those who could afford to flee to space are long gone, leaving the rest behind in the dust.

The gang leaders of the city give her two options: die on the spot, or undertake a dangerous mission out into the Wastes. With her brother’s future on the line, she’ll have to decide if blood is still thicker than water.