Graham an 1890s radical pamphleteer who is eagerly awaiting the twentieth century and all the advances it will bring is stricken with insomnia. Finally resorting to medication he instantly falls into a deep sleep that lasts two hundred years. Upon waking in the twenty-second century to a strange and nightmarish place he slowly discovers he is master of the world revered by an adoring populace who consider him their leader. Terrified he escapes from his chamber seeking solace only to realize that not everyone adores him some even wish to harm him.