Rakata picks up the story as the extent of the devastation starts to become clear. So many missing, the landscape unrecognisable and whole communities gone forever. Over the weeks and months that follow, the locals begin to pick through the remains of their lives and try to rebuild. Tentative progress is made and some kind of dim reflection of normality is restored. But the piece ends with a foreboding reminder that Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatoa) rose from the waters only 45 years later. And thus the danger in that area of the world remains...more