In a radically changed Aotearoa New Zealand, Van's life in the swamp is
hazardous. Sheltered by Rau and Matewai, he mines plastic and trades to
survive. When a young visitor summons him to the fenced settlement on
the hill, he is offered a new and frightening responsibility--a perilous
inland journey that leads to a tense confrontation and the prospect of a
rebuilt world.