The Cull Swept The World In The Early Years Of The Twenty-first Century, Killing Billions And Ending Civilisation As We Know It. Only A Fortunate Few, Blessed With The Right Blood, Were Spared. But In Times Of Need, Heroes Rise, To Hold Back The Tide Of Savagery And Set A Light In The Darkness. 'journal Of The Plague Year' Offers Three New Tales From Across The World Of 'the Afterblight Chronicles'.