Having survived an other-wordly nanovirus, Mason Clayton travels to safety with two teenagers and a friendly alien drone. Meanwhile, a malevolent being stalks the land and an alien race approaches with annihilatory intentions.
Hunted across a Japanese hellscape, a desperate First Lady must face murderous zealots, crazed abominations, and unholy magic to gain an audience with the shogun. But when speaking the truth spreads a literal plague, is resistance worth the cost?