The survivors of sinking Atlantis will make a new home on the isle of Anglesey. The book chronicles follows their new adventures in the new land. The senator from Gades, Drue, realizes that the ancient prophecy foretelling the end of his civilization is about to come true. Following instructions laid down centuries before, he leads a small group of survivors to a new and uncertain life in the wilderness. He does not know that he carries within his group the seeds of dissent for thousands of years to come.