Book description
A great cataclysm shakes the world, and much of Great Britain sinks
beneath the ocean during a terrifying windstorm that has already
flattened most of mankind's dwellings. Martin Webster and his wife,
Helen, manage to survive that first horrible night, but become separated
as waves of salt water come surging into the English countryside.
Webster, believing his wife drowned, moves into an old railway tunnel,
which provides some shelter from the elements, and manages to scavenge
some of the remnants of civilization. While down by the shores of the
new sea, he sees a woman stagger out of the waves after swimming miles
from some outlying island. Claire moves in with Martin, but is kidnapped
by a band of twenty renegades who mean to use her as a common mistress
for the group. Webster manages to rescue her, but the pair are besieged
in their tunnel until a second group, headed by Tom Aldworth, attacks
the outlaws, and saves them for an uncertain future. See also the
stirring sequel, Dawn.
