 Set in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest city of Seattle in the year 2019, several years after left-wing rebels destroyed the USA s technology and way of life with EMP systems, Max Guevara is a young genetically created woman, part of a top-secret government elite military squad, who is living the life of a bicycle messenger/fugitive in the ruins of Seattle hiding from her former commanding officer, Lydecker, looking to bring her back to his fold. Max meets and turns to Logan Cale, a crippled computer specialist/left-wing rebel who runs a pirated TV system, who helps hide her and asks for her help in cleaning up Seattle of crime and corruption.