Debut author Philip Webb conjures a post-apocalyptic world for this riveting novel. In servitude to their new Russian masters, Cass and Wilbur are scavenging through the ruins of London to find a mysterious artifact of extraordinary power. Then Erin and Peyto, two strangers from another place and time, show up and claim they hold the key to locating the object. There's just one small problem. If they don't find the artifact in six days, the world will come to an end.