The first novel by James B. Johnson: Daystar and Shadow. Daystar was a wanderer in the desertland that had once been America. The terrors of that arid new world were the monster fireworms whose tentacles were death. They held no horror for him, for he could call upon them for protection. Daystar was a fugitive from the bands of civilized men who regarded him as a traitor. He saw himself as their saviour, though the evidence was all against him. Shadow was a girl, another wanderer in the wastelands. When the two finally met and joined minds, the world would be transformed - and the struggle for Earth's dominion would be launched.