Alf has never been so happy to be a freak. Because of his SBS, a neurological condition known colloquially as super brain syndrome, he has received a full-ride scholarship to UC Berkeley. Better yet, he gets to participate in the university's new NASB Program where he'll get to meet other freaks just like him. Blix, on the other hand, hates being a freak. Not only has she been cursed with a freaky brain, but she lost her legs and part of her face in a lab explosion. And now, to make matters even worse, her skin grafts have broken down to the point she can't even wear her prosthetics. When a strange dust storm hits the Berkeley campus, a thousand years of technological progress are wiped out in a matter of hours. Alf and Blix must fight for survival while clouds of swirling dust turn their boring, familiar world into a monster-filled apocalypse. Alf's world gets even freakier when a voice sounds inside his head. Someone named Jane thinks she's playing a video game and that Alf is her new character.