Years after a killer virus decimated the Untied States a new regime is in place. But the city of New Yorkshire has a dangerous undergorund lead by a mysterious cyber vigilante known as Hood. He is fighting to save the Down Worlders from extermination and regain the trust of the only woman he ever loved -and was forced to leave behind. Can he defeat the charismatic John Beaumont or will his long denied desire for Beaumont's fiancee be the end of them all?