Twenty-six year old Kim Hart is happy living alone with her dog Loki and working at The Jade Castle restaurant. Apart from her occasionally waking gasping for breath-a condition she believes is related to sleep apnea-her life is great. One night during a robbery after hours, Kim hears her friends voice inside her head-RUN. Later, he tells her that she was able to hear him telepathically through their Companions, an entity within each person composed of a community of microorganisms. Suddenly, Kim finds herself thrust into a new world on the brink of destruction. The health of Companions has been faltering for decades, and Darachnids-dark matter parasites from the fourth dimension-are multiplying. If Darachnids continue to feed on the chemicals produced by glands responsible from positive emotions in vertebrates, crime and violence will continue to rise globally. Everyone is affected-except Kim. As things reach a boiling point and crime is at an all-time high, Kim must race against the clock with Nekxus, a global company dedicated to studying the fourth dimension. They must determine why her Companion is so healthy and how she resists infestation from Darachnids... before humanity plummets into an apocalyptic wasteland.