The trials were supposed to be the only trouble for these young kids but there are dangers from the outside world which are also coming to this utopia. The outside world wants to get hold of Askala because it possesses all the resources that are needed for survival. The remaining three teens also fear that even if they get through the trials there is no guarantee that their utopia survives the foreign attacks or not.
Heidi Catherine and Tamar Sloan invested a lot in Reckoning: After the Thaw because they wanted the audience to form a picture of everything in their mind. After this book, the two authors have Rising in stock which is once again narrated by Christian Drerup. It is a battle for survival and only the brave can win the fight.