No meteorites hit Earth, no terrorists put the world in danger, no atomic war was started, but something did go wrong. Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed….

A young girl Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of an epidemic of a mysterious disease. Abby’s father was one of the sick…

Set in post-WWII Leningrad as two female soldiers return from war and attempt to rebuild their lives in the ravaged city.