The city is inhabited by those who departed Earth but are still remembered by the living. They will reside in this afterlife until they are completely forgotten. But the city is shrinking and the residents clearing out. Some of the holdouts like Luca Sims who produces the city's only newspaper are wondering what exactly is going on. Others like Coleman Kinsler belief it is the beginning of the end. Meanwhile Laura bird is trapped in a Antarctic research station her supplies are running low her radio finds only static and the power is failing. With little Choice Laura sets out across the ice to look for help but time is running out. Kevin Brock Meyer alternates between two story lines to create a lyrical and haunted tale about love loss in the power of memory