The world's fossil fuels have run dry, leaving the world economy in collapse. Most of the world's women have succumbed to a strange cancer and the men, they scavenge the street like dogs for what little food remains. Wes Keller and his companion dog, Lugosi, wander the streets, carrying on conversations only they can hear. They happen upon Sara, a battered survivor and join forces to find the fabled Nuclear City--a distant place where preac and prosperity reportedly reign.