Looking for a happy end to a story of tragedy and horror, nine strangers find themselves holed up together in a farmhouse basement in Texas. The United States has become part in World War 3. A doctor named Hunter survives the nuclear attack and can be thrown together with happenstance having a group of injured and fearful sufferers, for example Elizabeth, a strong-willed confidant to Hunter, Brad - an antagonistic redneck jackass, along with Jennifer, a barely coherent young woman suffering from intense post-traumatic stress. Together, as they fight with personalities, they attempt to endure the holocaust. In a shelter, Hunter along with his perishing companions await news from the authorities when fending off a horde of refugees that are dying and fearful, radiation illness, and appetite