A catastrophe divided people’s lives into “before” and “after” the Wave. And then it became clear: the end of the world isn’t as frightening as what comes afterward. The continents changed their appearance, and the survivors mark new shores on the maps. On the basis of the settlements that managed to survive, enclaves of those who endured the planet-wide catastrophe are created. Sergey Nikolaevich, his loved ones, friends, and like-minded people on one of the islands of the new archipelago establish their own enclave—the Sugar Island. But peace is only something you dream about… Caring for people, the revival of crafts and technologies, conquering the sea, and searching for valuable resources of the past civilization—while never letting go of their weapons for a moment. Through labor and bloody sweat, through the joy of success and the grief of losses—through all that lies ahead, they will have to find their place in the New World, a world on which the future of the islanders and the future of children born “after” depends.