Kenneth Johnson plunges readers right into a day-after-tomorrow thriller about an imminent global catastrophe and explores how normal people respond to extraordinary circumstances.

When the icy shards of a rogue comet fall to Earth, they provide an unknown virus that accelerates evolution to extremes. Abruptly, infected plants develop stronger, choking out those uninfected. Pets turn intense and deadly. The eye of family members go cold, and infected neighbours begin exhibiting symptoms of brutal domination.

In a little Georgia town, fourteen-year-old Katie McLane views her neighbors changing, one at a time.

Dr. Susan Perry, an epidemiologist on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, uncovers the terrifying scope of the menace. The infected aren’t just growing. They’re conspiring to improve the very nature of what this means to be human.

Katie and Susan become fugitives due to what they understand, encountering bitter betrayals and lethal hazards, but also loves ignited and inspiring camaraderie, because they fight to prevent a viral conspiracy from developing a terrifying brave new world.