Caleb has kept his family alive for fifteen years by squeezing out meager crops from a desolate plot of land. But when a group of bandits raid the farm, Caleb is forced to scout the "Dead Roads" in search of greener pastures. His journey takes him back to the ruins of Chicago, a city he vowed never to return to. He tries to teach his son how to endure the brutality and desolation of the outside wo