Alex Silver is a talented but angsty teen who dreams of becoming the next Jim Henson. Unfortunately, his life is no happy puppet show. His dad is overbearing, his school is oppressive, and even people in the neighborhood seem out to get him. But everything changes when Julius, a mysterious transfer student, enters his life.

A post-apocalyptic love story about two young men--one left behind as a child on the eve of the societal collapse, the other lost in the forest after the death of his entire hunting party. The boys discover each other and learn to lean on each other, finding self-worth along the way, as they construct their own way of life.