First comes the red rainfall: a strange, scarlet downpour from a cloudless sky that spreads throughout metropolitan areas, nations, and the entire globe. In a matter of panicked hours, every living factor on the planet succumbs to swift, bloody loss of life. However Emily Baxter, a young newspaper reporter, can be mysteriously spared – and now she’s all alone. But watching the happy lifestyle she built for herself in New York City slip away in the wake of the monstrous, inexplicable plague is just the start of Emily’s waking nightmare. The globe isn’t ending; it’s only changing. As well as the competition that once ruled the planet earth has now become raw material for make use of by a new form of life never before seen…on this world. With only wits, weaponry, and a bike, Emily must carry out a grueling journey across a nation that’s turning increasingly alien. For though she fears she’s been remaining to inherit the planet earth, the truth is far more terrifying than a lifetime of solitude.