Catastrophic climate failure has left Earth a frozen wasteland controlled by a merciless warrior society, the Anteaters. Thea and her family find sanctuary in a secluded subterranean complex called ‘The Community.’ She claims to possess a powerful technology that promises freedom from the oppressive life underground.

Brick, the highly skilled interrogator, is baffled by Thea’s view of the world. Her responses are disturbingly at odds with the history he’s been taught and the laws he lives under. Who is this outsider woman who claims to wear Thermal Skin and knows how the world really ended? He is drawn to her boldness and her striking turquoise eyes, but knows that such heretical views will get her killed.

Thea uncovers a shocking truth that reveals the dark side of the Community. She risks everything; her children, her loves, her life to awaken an unsuspecting population. And when the Anteaters find their hidden gate, Thea must decide who the real enemy is.

It is not the beginning of the end; the end has already happened. She is a survivor and what she chooses will decide the fate of humanity.