Résumé: One day, for no reason, the Animals woke up. They started thinking. They started talking. They started taking REVENGE.
The world is plunged into chaos as the newly-intelligent Animals fight humanity, and simply fight each other, for their own life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. In the midst of the turmoil is Jesse, an 11-year-old girl, and her dog, Sandor, who is devoted to her and her protection.
Well along on their cross-country journey and ever closer to the goal of finding Jesse's half-brother, Adam, the Animals rest and consider their path. Where have they come from? Where can they go? When they were taken from the wild, how did their fates change humanity forever. What will they become?
Yet circumstances propel them ever onward, as Sandor, Jessie and their companions stray into the oil fields where the bloody kings of Texas reign.