The vague light piercing her eyes dragged Sigourney into a weary awakening. Her body felt unbearably heavy, racked with aches that made even opening her eyes an excruciating effort.

She drew ragged breaths, every motion powerless, blinking with difficulty as she tried to take in her surroundings.

A scene unfamiliar to the point of disbelief stretched before her, steeped in dampness and dust.

Her lips parted as if to speak, but her throat burned dry. At the memory of what had happened before she ...