Once a respected corporate microbiologist, now the scapegoat for the GMO-caused disaster that has turned San Francisco Bay toxic and poisoned thousands, Joe has lost everything: his wife, his home, his career, his reputation, and most of his friends. All he has left is his 18-month-old daughter, Daphne, the clothes on his back, and a chance to start over again in a new town, where no one knows his face.

To take this chance, all he needs to do it to catch the next bus out of town.

But an unexpected transit system outage has dumped him in Oakland, in the middle of a "civil disturbance," so now he needs to get to the next station on foot, while pushing a baby stroller.

And hoping to pass unrecognized through a city where everyone hates him, and a lot of people want to kill him....