The year is 2119. The world as we know it has been ravaged and reconfigured. The first catastrophe occurred in the middle of the 21st century when a Russian missile, aimed at New Mexico, fell well short of its target and exploded in the Atlantic. A series of 70-foot waves flooded Europe, West Africa, and North America. Further disasters have reduced the earth’s population to 4 billion. The global economy is broken, life expectancy has plummeted, and London, Paris, and New York are just some of the many “vanished cities.”