Dr. Monica Cucinotta works on the front lines of a hospital in Cassino, Italy, dealing with a deadly contagion that causes thorns to erupt along the surface of the body. When Monica becomes infected with the virus and must leave the hospital, she begins a journey across the dark landscape of a pandemic world where she meets the best and worst of humanity that tests her belief in science and faith as she struggles to return home to her loved ones.
A deadly contagion causing painful thorns to erupt on people’s bodies spreads throughout the globe. Dr. Monica Cucinotta becomes infected trying to treat the plagues victims at her hospital in Italy. In a world gone crazed, she struggles to return home to her family before time runs out.
