On a warm summer night at Yankee Stadium, a monstrous plot to eradicate the human race is set into motion. Within days, the deadly Medusa virus is racing across the globe like a wildfire, leaving behind a handful of terrified survivors in a world unlike any they have ever known. One of those immune - Dr. Adam Fisher - discovers that his college-aged daughter in California may share his rare resistance to the virus. With a raggedy band of other survivors,...

Safe haven? Or end of the line? Adam and his fellow travelers take refuge in Evergreen, a lonely town in Oklahoma that promises a better future for all of them. But as he acts on the thinnest of leads regarding his quest, a new threat from within may prove his downfall. Meanwhile, at a mysterious compound in Nebraska, the architect of the apocalypse takes the next step toward fulfilling his dark dream of a new world -- back cover.