Whenaplagueofunprecedentedvirulencesweepstheglobe,thehumanraceisallbutwipedout.Intheaftermath,asthegreatmachineofcivilizationslowlyandinexorablybreaksdown,onlyafewshatteredsurvivorsremaintostruggleagainsttheslideintoextinction.
Ishisabrilliantbutsolitaryyounggeologistlivingasemi-isolatedlifewhoawakensfromacomaonlytofindthatthereisnooneleftalivebuthim.Aplagueofunprecedentedvirulencehasswepttheglobe,andyes,thereareafewscatteredsurvivors,buttherearenorules.