On a beach in Antarctica, scientist Adam Leith marks the passage of the
summer solstice. Back in Sydney his partner Ellie waits for the results
of her latest round of IVF treatment.
That result, when it comes, will change both their lives and propel them
into a future neither could have predicted. In a collapsing England,
Adam will battle to survive an apocalyptic storm. Against a backdrop of
growing civil unrest at home, Ellie will discover a strange affinity
with beekeeping. In the aftermath of a pandemic, a young man finds
solace in building virtual recreations of the dead. And new connections
will be formed from the most unlikely beginnings.