The fabric of society, ripped apart by a horrible war, is rapidly dissolving. Cities collapse, diseases flourish, and brutal gangs control the roads. The Order offers salvation in the form of faster-than-light ships able to travel to new habitable planets-but passage on the ships is only granted for carrying out the Order's monstrous will. Ward, a grieving young alcoholic, longs to leave the ruined world behind him, along with all his guilt. His choice is simple: survive by joining the monsters in The Order, or face the end of the world alone.