Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0441005888, Paperback)

N. Lee Wood won acclaim for her electrifying debut novel, Looking for the Mahdi--a heart-stopping thriller set in a futuristic Middle East. Now she brings us to the barren wasteland of a post-holocaust America, where the few remaining cities survive inside protective domes. When Berk Nielson, a helicoptor pilot, becomes stranded on the Outside, he finds himself at the mercy of the burning sun and dangerous clans. What he doesn't expect to encounter is a companion--a wild young girl who calls herself Saydonya--and the freedom he never realized he desired...