Sometime, somewhere, in a place he doesn't recognize, a man wakes and discovers he's lost his memory while facing a hostile world that seems bent on his destruction. In his quest to discover his past identity, he encounters a woman who's bent on confusing him, a farmer whose life he saves, a man trying to shoot him, a glandular case kid, a mountain man who shows him a great red sea, and a person who considers himself the One. All the while, a great army of strange beings seems determined to kill everyone who's not them. All this, centering on a twenty-four hour restaurant that seems indestructible.