Two hundred years in the future, Max Jones lives in one of the worlds biggest cities - Zenith. An everyday guy, he works, eats and sleeps and is undisturbed by the world around him. Until one fateful night.

When he can't sleep, Max goes to the fridge for a glass milk. It's just his luck, there isn't any. He throws on some clothes and heads for the shop.

Max doesn't notice the men watching him. As he heads down the street they drive along side. Suddenly Max is grabbed, subdued and taken to an abandoned warehouse.

"You will be put to work for us, Leonard," he is told by a man he has never met before. Max protests, "but I'm not Leonard, I don't know a Leonard!"

Max's confusion doesn't aid his cause, and he must use his own resources to escape and discover the plot that he has become involved in, with a little help from some underground allies. He will meet all kinds of characters as he travels further away from Zenith than he's ever been. And maybe he'll get back there too.