Seven long, hard years after an EMP attack that left the entire world powerless and turned all electrical devices into useless junk, 'modern civilization' has slipped back into the shadows. Once again 'might makes right' and certain groups band together to take what they want —- regardless of who gets hurt.
In an isolated cottage on a lake in Upstate New York, Jock MacLeod and his teenage daughter try to live a quiet, peaceful life —- until the night a beautiful, frightened young woman bangs on their door and whispers: "Please let me in! The slavers are after me!"