Death, blindness, and chaos-this is the reality that the 22-year-old military subcontracted courier, Gavin Marksdon, awakens to discover. It's been nearly six months since a meteor storm pummeled one of the largest cities in America, causing a mysterious plague to spread throughout the world. The unknown bacterium is saturating every living organism with a contamination level that is bringing all civilization to a halt-technology and organic life are both struggling to survive. Gavin regains consciousness in total darkness. He is recovering from a grievous wound received by a meteor fragment,...