Paradigm

By the late 2020s, converging crises are pushing civilization to the breaking point. Climate disasters are intensifying, economies are faltering, and authoritarian regimes are on the rise, tightening their grip. Humanity stands on the brink of collapse.

In the spring of 2027 the virus strikes.

When Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Gary Sanders, announces the start of another RSV season, characterizing it as routine, investigative reporter Sara Campbell isn't buying it. She knows Gary and senses he is hiding a terrible truth.

Within weeks, a mutated virus strain engulfs the world in a deadly Pandemic, killing 95% of all newborn children. As the deaths mount, efforts to produce a vaccine fail, and humanity faces something it never thought possible. Extinction.

Then, rumors emerge from the remote northern forests of Canada: some children may be immune!

Gary and Sara, sent as part of a team to investigate the rumor, discover something miraculous. An ancient partnership between forest-dwelling organisms holds the key to a natural anti-viral... and human survival. But this symbiotic partnership is imperiled by a warming planet. To save itself, humanity must also save the Earth.

What follows is a desperate race against time in a struggle between the few - the rich and powerful - who are committed to the status quo, and the many ? Indigenous Peoples, scientists, doctors, factory workers, and the rest of humanity ? who hunger for a just world.