Cirrus@Austlit

'Knocked out of orbit by a rogue comet, the asteroid Vesta rockets towards Earth, to pass by in a heavenly display of fire. Dubbed the party of the century by the media across the planet, thousands gather in cities to watch the spectacle and party until dawn.

'A miscalculation sees Vesta crash into Earth and vaporising the Greenland and Arctic ice sheets.

'The world is devastated. A wall of water smashes its way through low-lying coastal cities, while a sonic blast of wind destroys almost everything in its path. Mankind is plunged into the stone-age as the power grid collapses with the onslaught of nature.

'With the devastation, a new terror emerges. Awakened from their centuries long slumber, an ancient species of humanoid stalks the abandoned transport network beneath the streets of London.

'Lexi Keely—an Australian traveller, and survivor—is captured to be used for the monsters' pleasure.

'Armed with the barest of weapons, and a group of other captives, she enacts a plan that will save all, or leave them for dead in the obsidian darkness below the great capital.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Months after escaping the horrifying creatures living in the London underground, Lexi Keely and her small group of survivors find themselves with new challenges as they make their home in Dunsbrough Castle in the South-East of England.

'Technology has virtually disappeared.

'Food is in short supply.

'The gloom brought about by the never-ending cloud cover caused by the asteroid's impact makes growing anything almost impossible.

'A chance sighting of sheep in a field across the mighty Thames River sends the group in search of protein. Arriving on the southern bank, the sheep are not the only wildlife they encounter.

'Whilst examining the remains of several of the terrifying aquatic humanoids, a lone survivor of the creatures' attack stumbles in the group and fuels the group's nightmares once more.

'Drawn to the castle, the creatures invade and kidnap one of Lexi's group.

'Steeling herself, Lexi embarks on a journey to exact revenge and rescue her friend.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.