After lying dormant for decades, a deadly virus is unleashed, threatening millions of lives and uncovering a shocking conspiracy.

Danger lies frozen in the Alaskan wilderness, unnoticed by mankind, waiting to be released. A man’s corpse holds the remnants of a ferociously infectious disease that ravaged the globe at the end of World War I. Once the virus is set free again, a gruesome death awaits millions of unlucky victims. Everyone on Earth is at risk—or so it seems. The followers of a mysterious religion possess an uncanny immunity to the illness, and a sinister intrigue unravels.

But before long, the insidious virus begins to mutate, daring the unwavering Dr. Lightman to keep up with it. Desperate to find a cure, he discovers that in order to stop the spread of the pandemic, it will be necessary to discover the human forces responsible.