A novel that explores contemporary issues in a post-apocalyptic near future

In a world torn asunder, a small corner of Australia is having a chaotic rebirth. The laws of relationship are changing, and the characters are on deeply ambivalent ground. The old guard, led by the devious Eustace Crane II, is clinging to the vestiges of power, while the captive Daughters are on the cusp of theirs.

Enter Assumpta Viali, Eustace’s taciturn fixer, who dispenses rough justice ‘as required’. The real circumstances of her life shrouded, she has become adept at passing for many things she’s not. Eustace sends her in search of two runaways—Easter and Yukiko—who, despite one having grown up captor and the other captive, are lovers. Finding them forces a reluctant Assumpta to engage with the demons of her past.

In this gene-and-genderbending story, the landscape and its history emerges as a powerful force in determining the trajectory of the survivors' lives, and only one thing is certain: when the Daughters of Moab finally emerge, human relations will never be the same.