After six months of no luck following college, he finds the perfect job with excellent benefits at The Power Company doing what he graduated in.
But a newly hired manager has a mysterious agenda. Employees disappear with no warning, and René is caught in a massive explosion that leaves the city of 8 million without power during a record-breaking heat wave. Riots rage and fires burn as the city plunges into chaos, and René finds himself framed for sabotage.
Only the intervention of a silent wanderer can save him and the rest of the city from a deadly power trip.