An antibiotic resistant bacteria is spreading across Earth. In the midst of this slow but steady plague, Local TV news reporter Wade McDaniel is thrust into an investigation of a conspiracy to hide a new skin disorder in children. But his only source on the story is a doctor who used to be his high-school nemesis. Is the man who beat and tortured him in his teen years leading him into a story with far-reaching consequences, or is he picking up his sadistic routine in a brand new way?