A plague has appeared and spread throughout the world, killing first the older generations, then their children, and now their children's children. WALKER is a young and inexperienced scientist on a mission to the only place on Earth where a cure might be found. Traveling with him is HARES, his guide and protector in a world that has become craven and savage. The only thing stopping Walker and Hares from completing their mission is MO'DOG, leader of a gang of killers, who show early sings of being infected by the plague..