Can mankind defend itself from the very worst that Mother Nature can conjure up? After she nearly eradicates the entire human species, it is up to a few normal, everyday people to take on the nearly impossible mission of reinventing a human society. These few people fight and risk death in their Herculean efforts, attempting to save our species from extinction and rebuild a civilized world. Their chance of succeeding is a long shot, but failure means the lights go out... forever.This story is a realistic look into the horror of a near-species eradicating disease, and how different kinds of people cope, living with what little is left. There's no monsters, zombies or superheroes here, just real people, acting like real people. It's a journey into the good and evil in humanity, and how they use these traits in building whatever future they can: If they are even interested in doing so. The story will grab you and make this book difficult to put down. It's a tale of a terror that could actually happen, and in fact, is only a gene mutation or two away.