In a post plague war world whose population was reduced to five percent of the once 17 billion, people have isolated themselves in small town communities. In the community of Mulhouse Refuge, Rowdy Lewis and Teka Rolls once childhood friends fall in love. A tragic event forces Rowdy Lewis to leave the safety of his simple farm town to find a onetime school friend in a world of bandits and ruffians who will kill anyone they come across.