In 2025, Futuresport is the organized sport of the planet. But someone else is getting organized and their game is war.

Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who wanders the highways to bury roadkill animals...

A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.