On the verge of starting their own family, a firefighter and a nurse struggle to survive in a town quarantined by the military following the accidental release of a contagious bioweapon. As Colonel Peckem and the scientist who developed the disease attempt to contain the virus, a violent conflict erupts between the military, the frightened townspeople resisting martial law, and the victims of the pathogen: the crazies.—Molly Rose Steed