Reclusive and brooding kid Dale Turner faces manhood witrh a bang when a message from his parents brings news that more than one city has been destroyed in the attacks.

Things get worse when his new caretaker Gracie is murdered by the same shady people she had dealings with, those who bullied Dale and the rest of Jericho. The young faces new choices, some that might take him on the path of those he loathed the most. Will he remain friend, or become foe?