The rain hasn't stopped in years. The skies are controlled. The machines are watching. Fourteen-year-old Nick has never known the sun, only the rhythm of storms and the silence of unanswered questions. He doesn't know who his mother truly was. He doesn't know why he feels different - why machines seem to hesitate around him. But when he finds a hidden message and a strange key, everything beneath the ruins of the old world - and following it may reveal a truth more dangerous than he's ready for.

Rains is a science fiction tale of survival, secrecy, and resistance that follows Baylar and her family as they seek refuge in a mountain—the only sanctuary from the endless rain that began once the machines took over. When they encounter the Burning Hand resistance, a machine attack forces them to flee, and Baylar’s carefully guarded secret is revealed: the rain does not harm her. With her family torn apart and her people in peril, she may be the key to salvation—if she can survive long enough to discover how.

Savine and Nickel/ Liza are running from the animal like machines that have taken over the city. Savine is also looking for her brother. She knows in her heart that he is alive. They need each other to survive and leave this city behind.