Almost overnight a plague has wiped out the population of England. The only survivors seem to be three very different teenagers. Together they must come to terms with the man-made devastation around them. Fran, Harriet and Shahid have the power to rebuild society, avoiding mankind's previous mistakes, at the dawn of a new millennium. Do they also have the courage?

100 years after a man-made plague has destroyed the earth, the great-grandson of the original survivors sets out to find his great-grandmother's diary. Daniel has never been outside his community and what he finds on his journey alarms him. When he comes across a society ruled solely by women, where men are emasculated, everything he believes in is challenged. Which society is right? Which is better? Which is more humane? Choice is a difficult thing...

50 years on from Come Lucky April... April and David have confronted the orthodoxy - they believe girls and boys should be able to grow up together. They determine to send their son away, to spare him the humilation of castration. ' Hal spends several years there, waiting for the ban to be lifted. He befriends the daughters of the family he lives with - but when he challenges his 'father' he is sent from the house, and discovers a new life in the lawless part of the settlement. He realises he needs to help the girls he can to escape and return to Croydon. How can he save them? Life back in Croydon things are changing, too. People are dying. Beliefs are being challenged. Are things any better than they were 150 years ago? Is there hope for the future?