A rogue group of wealthy and powerful people try to eliminate most of the world's population when they create a virus and unleash it onto the unsuspecting planet. Their goal is to eliminate anyone who is a descendant of a third-world country.
Eddie, a homeless man, unwittingly stumbles across the evil plot. His friend Erik decides to talk to Randy, an old college buddy, turned reporter who agrees to look into the rumors. As Randy digs into the story, his informants are murdered, thrusting him deeper into the conspiracy.
As people across the globe die from a strange illness, Lisa Johnson, a CDC administrator and Randy's ex-girlfriend, soon realizes the illness is more than it seems and begins working with Dr. Matt Thatcher to get to the bottom of what exactly is going on. When they discover the illness is man made, things become even more dangerous as the hunt for the terrorists begins.
Alex, Billy, and BB, good friends and neighbors from Dallas, Texas, must flee the city as citizens die and riots plague the country. They make a perilous cross-country journey to escape the terror gripping Dallas, only to be inadvertently thrust into the middle of everything that's going on.
The group discovers the additional threat of fake vaccines designed to sterilize anyone who receives the shot. But with top government officials involved, who can be trusted to save humanity?
