In a global produced nearly perfect by man’s enlightened progress, an ancient, hungry apocalypse slithers in the shadows and onto the clean, brightly lit streets.

Though few realize anything is incorrect, it’s already too late: too past due for the authorities to face this fresh threat, for science to find a cure, for the world’s warriors to gear up to fight. It is humanity’s swan melody, and the extra fat lady is around the stage and clearing her throat.

Today it’s up to five damaged strangers: a homicide detective, a depressed nurse, a college student, his insecure sweetheart, and a methodical killer using the heart of a child. Now it’s the ideal society’s misfits who must piece together the secret and discover the courage to stand together against impossible odds.

Sometimes future falls unexpected into the most broken lives, such as a careless brick fallen out of the clear black sky.