Guy Heilweil

The story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there's almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.

After his mother suffers a schizophrenic episode, a young boy is faced with an inconceivable task – persuade his mother to go to the hospital after his father and the police have failed to do so. As turmoil unfolds around them, he tries to protect his little sister from the painful truth while realizing he may be the only one who can truly help his mother.