Twenty-five years ago civilization collapsed and the triffids replaced mankind as top species. Survivors cling on, confined to islands or triffid-besieged strongholds, yet the future looks bleak.On the Isle of Wight, Bill Masen, hero of The Day of the Triffids, continues to hold his small community together, but time is against him and the enemy seems invincible. Is humanity's time at an end?