A little more than a year has passed—by the new reckoning of time, and the new era after the Wave. Those who survived the planetary catastrophe gather into enclaves, republics, and communities. New shores of new continents and islands, new rivers and bays have been marked on the maps. Some build a new life, others—having lost everything—drift with the current of events, and still others, drawing conclusions from what happened, try to preserve what little remains and learn to do something new… and some never left their role as parasites in the society of the survivors. The story of the New Archipelago continues: ahead are trials, feats, discoveries and losses.