The Fence Mender is a love story set in an apocalyptic setting. Set 200 years in the future, the population of Earth has dwindled to a handful of cities, blocked off from the rest of the world by fences that keep the dark pathogenic prey at bay. Xander Miller spends his days in isolation, tasked with maintaining and repairing the fence that keeps his city safe. His only relationship is with a young woman in another city whom he communicates with by radio. When her city is breached by an army of disfigured killers called 'Husks', he has to decide between his isolated life of safety and risking everything on an impossible journey to try and save the life of the only person that gives him meaning.