Sanders and Dr. Grossman finally head up to the Dashiell farm to see the meteor site. What they find there is beyond belief. What happens next is out of an apocalyptic nightmare. Illness is coming on fast and the flowers are growing. Already the small town of Mountainview is overwhelmed. But illness isn't all that'a happening. Something far more horrifying is going on around the world, and Mountainview is in the center of it all.