Ash is still falling from the sky two years
after a series of globally devastating volcanic
eruptions. Sunlight is as scarce as food, and
cities are becoming increasingly violent as
people loot and kill in order to maintain their
existence. Sixteen-year-old Miles Newell knows
that the only chance his family has of surviving
is to escape from their Minneapolis suburban
home to their cabin in the woods, As the Newells
travel the highways on Miles' supreme invention,
the Ali Princess,ÿthey have high hopes for
safety and peace. But as they venture deeper
into the wilderness, they begin to realize that
it's not only city folk who have changed for the
worse.