Nearly a hundred years ago, a virus and the subsequent vaccine meant to treat it wiped out much of the world's population. The resulting aftermath left many women sterile. Those still able to reproduce give birth to children with malformations and diseases. Citizens are given a bar code by the government, men are stamped with a job classification, and women with a classification based on their suitability to procreate.

Rebellion is brewing among the people and the rebels, led by Katherine Wade and her father, may have found the one man that can free the world from the effects of the virus.

Will he fight with them or against them?