Morgan Johanssen is a thirty-something virologist caught between her conscience and work on a secret government project, between childhood tragedy and fear of commitment, and between her loosening grip on sanity and a mysterious child who appears to her in dreams and waking visions. But these are the least of her worries. Morgan doesn?t yet know she?s also caught between past and future, and the actions she?s about to take will determine the fate of life on earth.