Leslie is a West Texas single mother struggling to provide for her son when she wins the lottery and a chance at a good life. But a few short years later the money is gone and Leslie is on her own, living hard and fast at the bottom of a bottle as she runs from the world of heartbreak she left behind.

A story about a beautiful street musician suffering from memory loss and a disheartened neuroscientist intent on helping her, bringing together the city of New Orleans and the jazz that made it famous.

第三次世界大战已经发生，美国面临崩溃。九个陌生人躲藏在得克萨斯州农村农舍地窖。他们是在核攻击中幸存下来的受害者。他们在等待政府援救的同时必须得抵挡住饥饿，幽闭恐惧症，性格冲突，放射病和成群的恐惧，死亡的难民，这一切都能够随时将他们毁灭。不过很快最后的灾难来临了……