Eight years after the Change, survivors have banded together into small communities in an effort to rebuild something of society.  Most groups have survival formost in their thoughts, but one group, the Protectorate, led by a former medievil historian and scholar, has enslaved many and built an armed force to take control of the nearby fertile farmlands to feed his growing army.

We see how the peaceful, but watchful groups continue with their plans for growth while being wary of the growing threat from the Protectorate.  And with bows and swords the only weapons at their disposal, it's a type...