A viral pandemic swept through the world, killing 99.9 percent of its human inhabitants. The virus took people quickly; the world didn't have time to react-it was December 21, 2012. The virus was able to transform some survivors-into what? Molten eyes, increased strength, and the capacity for healing. Sam and her fellow survivors undertook the task of surviving in a hostile, unpredictable world. The blackness was coming to find them as he ignited a trail of destruction across the country.