Evolution is unstoppable.
Evolution is inevitable.
It spares no one.
Not even us.
An exchange group on their way to the USA, an emergency landing at Denver Airport. When Jem and Lucie leave the aeroplane, the world is suddenly no longer as it was: the tarmac is overgrown, the terminal is deserted, and danger lurks everywhere. Animals, in particular, are out to get the new arrivals. What has happened? In their search for answers, they learn of a few remaining survivors in a lost city. But how are they to reach them when the whole world seems to have conspired against them?
Through the gaps in the clouds, she could make out trees, meadows and bodies of water. The land beneath them looked beautiful. Peaceful, tranquil and green. Damn, it was green. The sun had already sunk behind the mountains and the sky was ablaze with orange and red. Suddenly, a few skyscrapers appeared, their upper halves spectacularly illuminated by the last light of the evening. Lucie felt a tingling sensation at the nape of her neck. Something wasn’t right. It was as if she were looking at a picture that held a hidden secret. Downright hypnotic. Suddenly she knew what it was. She leaned forward a little further. “That’s …,” she murmured. “Can you see that too?” “What do you mean?” Lucie pointed outwards. “Don’t you notice anything? There isn’t a single light on down there.”