A ruined city. Marauding bands of men. A flooded, poisonous world and an old magick carried in Terra's precious blood.Terra Vargas lives on an Earth shattered by climate change in a city threatened by fierce marauders-the deepee-who destroyed her family. When Ravi Sanghera arrives with a destiny of his own-to rid the earth of the "Destroyer of Worlds", Terra learns she inherited powers she neither understands nor wants-powers that might contain the secret to preserving or destroying the only home she knows. Now Ravi faces a terrible choice, follow his vision and kill Terra... Or abandon the reason he traveled halfway around the shattered planet, and help her stop the deepee. The answer lies in their future, but first they must survive. Karen L. Abrahamson creates a gutsy heroine and a troubled hero in a terrifying world of floods, volcanoes and acid rain. With its colorful characters, unique magic and its gritty depiction of life in the post-apocalyptic city of 'Couver' this book will keep readers turning the pages.