For all its evils, Deathlands is the future's last and only hope.
Ryan Cawdor and his team are en route to his boyhood home in West Virginia when they are offered shelter - for a price - in the remains of the Freedom Mall, once the largest in the Carolinas, operated by Baron Freedom. The huge mall is a haven for its inhabitants, but Ryan is given an ultimatum - pay a hefty fine or help the Baron's group fight against the "stickies", a marauding army of mutants. Ryan is left no choice but to help, and finds himself pitted against the Baron and the stickies in a desperate struggle to save their lives.