Six month ago, the Cleansing wiped out most of Earth's population. Since then, the rest have been put to work for the Rebirth, building the latest version of civilisation for the Loas.
But the clock is ticking...
Soon, a new city will sit where London once did, inhabited by people who have no memories of what came before, not even of themselves.
For Dancy Visionthief and her soldiers, that has to change. The world has to be saved and there's no better way of doing that than one step at a time. The government will call them terrorists and history, freedom fighters, but for them, it's the only option they have.
But nothing is ever that simple. Because Dancy has discovered something within herself, the ghost of a long-lost alien civilisation. And the echoes they have left behind will take her on a different course. The Loas own Earth, but behind every alien invasion is a human just desperate for power. After all, when the Cleansing comes, someone has to press the button.
And then there's Mina....
In this, the third book of the City Electric, Dancy has some hard choices to make if she is to fulfil her destiny. Sometimes, the choice is made for you and the best you can do is live with the consequences. Sometimes, there's no choice at all...