"My breath starts to come faster as I realise the situation we are in. Ruins these are called but they no longer resemble what the word implies and I have no idea how long this has been the case. An eerie silence falls around us as we turn back to face the middle of our near perfect circle. Even Renka has found his way into the group and shares the same look of befuddlement and fear that the rest of us have. I glance over at Max who is now so close our shoulders are touching. What does this mean?"

After a harrowing sea journey, Pia has made it to land only to find nothing is as she expected. The Ruins are inhabited by unseen enemies that thwart the path to The Refuge.

When half of The Committee's volunteers go missing in suspicious circumstances Pia is forced to take matters into her own hands to find them before it is too late. This leads her to a mysterious village where truth and lies meld together in a dangerous concoction that could cost her the lives of Tomas and Max, the two people who mean everything to her.

Betrayal, conspiracy, loss and love are abound in Book Two of The Cargo Trilogy. Will Pia be able to stand up for what she believes without paying for it with the lives of her loved ones?