By 2035, cumulative manmade and natural electromagnetic pulse (EMP) disasters have thrust the world into proverbial and literal darkness. Hanging by a civilized thread, the Confederation of American States (CAS) emerges as one of many transfigured, geopolitical territories. When the lights return, civilization begins to hum once more. Survivors, however, are dancing to very different tunes. Decades later, certain truths come home to roost when CAS geneticist, Morgan Pendergrass, determines evidence of a new Cambrian Age. At one end of the genetic spectrum, dormant code responds to an ancient...