A deadly infection is sweeping the world, and there is no cure. Even the terrorist group that deliberately spread the infective agent has misjudged the potential effect of the disease on themselves, and the disease is running rampant – the daily death rate is already over two thousand, and climbing each day! A young virologist, Robert Svenson, has designed a radical new medication that can stop the disease, but he becomes the target of the terrorists as they scrabble to save themselves from the consequences of their actions, and to prevent the cure being disseminated. He and his associates race to perfect the treatment as they fight off the terrorists at the same time.