Calista escapes the earthquake that destroys the tunnel communities. Quake City calls, offering security and a new life with Mathew and the Carbonites.But, Josephine, Castor Seville's new wife, has a secret she wants Calista to share, and one of the M.I.C.s has survived and is coming to claim his children. Calista's journey through the Nuclear Dawn of New Zealand continues with challenges and surprises. She will need all the skills she has learned to cope with them.