What could be wrong with making a few bucks? Plenty, three friends soon learn, trapped in the company town of Boot Hill. If they could somehow get a train loaded with boots over the mountains, they could be rich - richer than they ever dreamed. But in an alternate 1973, Global Warming has brought the world to a standstill, and use of all carbon fuels is tightly restricted. And the Government controls all means of transportation, and the hearts and minds of everyone in America... What could be wrong with making a few bucks? Plenty.