First came the red rain: strange crimson precipitation from a cloudless sky sweeping over cities and peoples, over the entire world. In the course of several panic hours, everything alive on Earth experiences a rapid, bloody death. But Emily Baxter, a young newspaper journalist, somehow remains alive—and now she is alone.
The illusion of a normal life she tries to create for herself in New York shatters when she realizes that the monstrous, inexplicable plague is only the beginning of her nightmare. The world did not end—it simply changed. And the race that ruled the planet is now becoming raw material for a new form of life, never seen before… on this planet.
Equipped with a bicycle, weapons, and her own mind, Emily must undertake an exhausting journey across a country that grows ever more alien. She was afraid she would have to inherit Earth, but the truth is far more terrifying than life in complete solitude.