When the Sun comes to the end of its life, the rich and privileged use superior technology to leave the earth and go in search of new planets; their fate unclear. The poor, the uneducated, the sick are left behind in the dust and certainty of death in the face of an expanding, Super Red Sun. This romantic science fiction novel follows Nathan and Kiren who have been a couple since they were children. In their small post apocalyptic, dusty town they struggle to survive. And up against their large and chaotic families they turn to each other. Feeling unloved and unwanted they are told by the local Imam that they must go to the Great Hall and without a choice, they set off into the desert to find the Great Hall and to find themselves.