The land of Equestria has long been dead. A brutal, old war between species ended centuries ago when megaspells laid waste to every city, killing millions, and sparing few. What's left of ponykind has grown hostile and uncaring over the years, doing anything to survive the commonplace horrors of the magically tainted wasteland.

After years of being frozen in stasis, a failure of vital magical systems forces Silvester Starshine out of Stable 237 and into a broken world he's not prepared for. Facing antagonistic post-apocalyptic cultures much different than the society he grew up in, as well as the radiation-ridden landscape, survival is anything but certain. Silver Star must make friends and rebuild a civilization he’s comfortable with, but must constantly choose to sacrifice one to save the other.