It's a must read book, once your hooked You will not be able to get enough of These Fantastic Carmody books. And Obernewtyn is her best! The story is about our Futre, after the majority of the world has been destroyed by a nucleur was. In a small country, controlled by 'The Council' and the fanatical 'Herder Priests' Misfits of strange potential arise. Abilities: such as telepathy etc evolve, and the seeker comes, one who is the most powerful of all, the one who wants to find the Before Time weapons, and destroy them.