"Homer Ellory awakes in the year 5000 AD after sleeping for 3,000 years and discovers the earth in a state of barbarism. He befriends the people of North America who have been conquered by the Antarkans [Antarcticans]. Ellory leads a revolt and is captured by the Antarkans. Imprisoned in the Antarkan city of Lillamra and under sentence of death, the Lady Ermaine falls in love with him and enables his escape. He returns to North America where he leads a second revolt. After the surrender of Antarka [Antarctica], he is proclaimed the leader of the Earth's peoples"--Wikipedia.