In Lincoln, Nebraska, cancer researcher Jason Randolph and his geologist friend, Don Jennings, decide to search for life in a meteorite the geologist found in Antarctica years before. What's the worst that can happen? Everybody tried it, from NASA to the Russians, and nobody found a thing, until Randolph discovers the virus and it gets loose. Unwilling to admit the truth, Randolph is reluctant to tell the world a simple fact: He had inadvertently released a living nightmare threatening not only mankind and all life on Earth, but the stability of the planet itself.Once the genetic mutations begin, Randolph and Jennings try to make hay before the sun stops shining.