This is a story of good and evil, of Christian endeavours and scientific triumphs, of love and despair, but above all of hope for the future. Set in 2066 in West Yorkshire, the story follows the lives of a 12 pod community of survivors of a global plague. The community is led by neurodivergent people (neuds for short); an Alpha is in charge of each pod. Neurotypical people (neuts) were chosen for inclusion in the pods because of their practical skills and ability to perform the manual tasks that the neuds find boring and difficult. The community has survived for 16 years since the plague but now is a time of increasingly rapid change. Some challenges were faced and dealt with in book 1 and now with growing confidence the survivors are looking further afield. There is danger and very hard decisions to be made which may mean sacrifice or even disaster and yet the people are also feeling excited about the progress they have made and what else may be possible. It is summer and once the trials of those who had jeopardized the survival of the community in book 1 are over everything will be better; or will it?