In a single moment of time, ninety percent of the world's population drops dead. Throats closing, they choke and unable to breathe... they die within seconds. It is just the beginning.Judd Bryant, a survivor who does not succumb to the horrendous death, is a talented man with a zest for living. He faces his darkest hour until he finds a purpose in the form of Dawson, an eight-year-old boy with an unusual gift.The unlikely pair set out to find others, only to realize that each passing day is increasingly more dangerous than the one before. Their road becomes an obstacle course filled with unimaginable disasters.Before long, they and a few other survivors come to the realization that the instant death of billions of people isn't the end, it is the start of a massive natural event. A phenomenon that will change the face of the earth and in the process, push the boundaries of 'survival of the fittest'.The extinction of mankind is at hand and not how they imagine.