Millions long to break out of quarantine. One man needs to break in.The paleovirus has swept Long Island, turning residents into psychotic killers. A government quarantine traps Patrick in Connecticut, separated from his mother and pregnant sister on what all now call Q Island. When he loses contact with them, he fears the worst. His only chance to get back is to infiltrate the island as a guide for an illegal safari hunting the infected. But he arrives to find he's more slave than guide, and the infected are fiercer than ever.His sister Kim gives birth to Charlotte in the midst Q Island's living hell, and begins a struggle to survive attacks by the infected and betrayal by family and friends. Kim's love for her daughter gives her the strength to fight on, but if her brother doesn't arrive soon, she won't keep beating the odds.But there's something special about Charlotte, and others born under the contagion's dark cloud. Will children like her prove to be the salvation the islanders pray for, or the last pieces in the puzzle of infected domination?