Franz Schlepke is a man who would do anything for his beloved, ailing wife, Gretchen, and he has the means to do it. Doctors Laura Chamberlain and Friedrick Mueller are genetic engineers with the moral convictions that make them willing to conduct their less than ethical research under the auspices of Franz Schlepke. Together they create a virus intended to cure the ravages of age, but a sudden decline in Gretchen's health forces Schlepke to use it before testing is complete initiating a pandemic that will change the face of the planet, and the human race, forever. Oscar "Oz" Ritter is an...

Oscar "Oz" Ritter is immortal -ish. The Immortal Virus flowing through his veins heals most wounds overnight and keeps him from aging, but sufficiently destructive damage to his brain will kill him and those like him. The Immortal Virus was not yet ready for human testing, but this did not concern Franz Schlepke, the man who funded the creation of the virus. When he used it in an effort to save his elderly, ailing wife, the virus erupted into a global pandemic that wiped out most of the population of the planet. Unfortunately, the virus did work to a certain degree, reviving many of those...