Setting a course for a post-apocalyptic world far removed from the universe of his previous novels -- Lightpaths, Standing Wave, and Better Angels -- Howard V. Hendrix tackles one of life's most enduring questions: What does it mean to be human?In a dramatically altered near-future, the world's newest technology resurrects a plague of apparent global madness that not only destroys ten thousand years of urban civilization, but also creates a world under the sway of the full moon -- and a human race transformed in astonishing ways.