A NUCLEAR STORM POURS DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS A global disaster strikes suddenly when the Space Shuttle explodes over the Atlantic seaboard, unleashing its toxic payload over thousands of miles. Millions flee. Millions more perish in the deluge . . . and they are the lucky ones. Those who do not die immediately after exposure soon sicken and succumb in horrific agony. ON SEA BREEZE ISLAND, A PLAGUE OF UNDEATH REANIMATES THE FALLEN Their minds still function, but their flesh continues to bloat and decay. Ostracized by the fortunate few who have escaped the radioactive rain and quarantined to the water's edge, the "Beachers" are treated as inhuman monsters by family and friends; soon they will become as loathsome in behavior as they are in appearance. For one particular survivor - a single mother named Sandy - the monster is very familiar. He will put her through a Hell beyond her darkest nightmares, but in order to protect her child, she will endure and do anything. Absolutely anything.