in white sun chronicle the citizens of a crowded earth, struggling to deal with environmental degradation and lifestyle changes, are dealt a more crushing blow: world hunger. the global food supply is destroyed and the people of the world flee to what is left of the countryside in a bid for survival. hungry refugees soon find that the only plentiful source of nourishment is what had been, until recently, unthinkable. neil silvers, a senior senator in the earth senate, is one of a lucky few who find sanctuary in a secure building as chaos reigns in the world outside. while he contemplates the fate of the world, he also dreams about laura, a young, red-haired junior senator with intriguing green eyes. the group's food supply soon runs out. neil, laura, and a handful of others must venture outside to face a world where humans compete with each other as never before. join neil and what's left of humanity as they confront their darkest fears and learn what survival is really about.