Will is a young man with a problem. Not only has his grandfather just passed away, he is living in a post-apocalyptic country where most people think his grandfather had something to do with the disaster that changed all of their lives forever. A new housekeeper arrives to help his dad raise him in the absence of his grandfather, turning his world upside down. She brings with her a book written by his grandfather full of wonders and things unimaginable to young Will. Can the things in the book be true? Was his grandfather not the cause of the disaster? Was he really the savior of everyone Will knows?