As adversity arises in a foreign land and disaster spreads undetected across the United States, only one thing is certain: everything is connected.
Dr. Phoebe M. Mandino thought that understanding the natural history of a recently discovered parasite would be the easy part of her job, and protecting the rest of the world from the temptation to abuse its strange abilities would be the challenge
Until the parasite develops a mysterious disease.
Faced with an ailing parasite species and a natural disaster affecting Alaska’s vulnerable coast, Phoebe discovers her greatest fears have been surpassed. And to make matters worse, when she would normally rely on her mental and physical strength, she is suddenly powerless to help. In order to prevent an epidemic, she must first realize her own fragility . . . and survive.