A pandemic races through our world, changing people subtley but irrevocably. The first sign for some is losing their faith. For others it's violent outpourings of creativity, reckless behaviour and seeing visions. Scientist Charlotte Zinn is close to a cure when her partner becomes infected. Overnight her understanding of the disease is turned upside down. As Australia is torn apart, reporter Brigid Bayliss is deermined to uncover the dark truth behind the religious response to the outbreak. Brigid and Charlotte find themselves on the frontline of a world splintering into far left and far right, with unexpected power to change the course of history. But at what cost? Speculative fiction, Australian. | Dystopian fiction. | Suspense fiction. | Australian fiction. | Diseases -- Religious aspects -- Fiction. | Epidemics -- Fiction. | Women journalists -- Fiction. | Women scientists -- Fiction. | Faith -- Fiction. | Speculative fiction. | Australian