Tragedy caused one man to isolate himself from the rest of the world In his isolation, the Apocalypse happened - unbeknownst to him . Years in isolation prepared him for everything in the new world; even when the dead didn't stay dead. He was prepared for everything except for people. When fate knocked on his door, he was forced to take a teenage boy to raise as his own. Years later, while they traveled to a nearby town, the duo found the once quaint hamlet disheveled from its former glory. A gang who called themselves the Riders of The Apocalypse, led by some mysterious man named Pest, had raided the town. The pair offered up their help, and became thrusted into a world that they knew nothing about.