The adventure had just begun with Light of Gabriel, the first volume of Penury City. In a world that has fallen far from the paradise in which it began, the last of the faithful struggle to hold on to a thread of hope in which they might live there once again. The journey to Penury City continues as Dr. Saul Kriesh and First Lieutenant George Lyndon lead their group on an expedition searching for the rumored golden city, where the promise of freedom convinced them to leave behind everything. The evil Shekel hounds their every move in an attempt to stamp out these people of faith and hope. As the faithful freedom seekers near the city, they don't realize they are leading the Shekel and its forces to the very place they had longed to escape to. Bent on fear and destruction, the rage of the Shekel burns through the Zealot's tunnels in pursuit of the last hope for mankind.