Yuli is Rafe's wife, his fourth and youngest, living in a post-apocalyptic world after a virus has wiped out most of mankind and disproportionally more men. It is the choice she made, and she should be happy. She lives, after all, in a world without aggression. But life is not easy with these strict rules deciding their paths in life. Polygamy, as Yuli and Rafe have grown up to, is one way of dealing with the decreased number in men. It is, however, not the only. When nature forces them to flee their home and family, Rafe and Yuli find out more about the way mankind is handling the new situation much more than they actually had wanted to