Instead of fighting cancer, as it was developed to do, nanotechnology evolved into a machine plague, killing nearly five billion people and changing life on Earth.  It’s only weakness is that it self destructs at high altitudes so many people escaped to the tops of mountains, forming small groups trying to survive, hoping for a permanent cure.  Life is tough, with very little food and extreme weather.  Their hopes rest on a small team in space who has a top notch nanotech researcher in their crew.  There’s not much she can do in space so they have to come back to Earth.  With a small group of survivors in California they go on a daring journey below the death line to find the original plans and make a cure. 

This is not the usual fare in this reviewer's reading diet, but this is just the kind of story this reviewer likes to read between genres.  This is Jeff Carlson’s debut book and his peers have hailed it as a huge success and he has been likened to Michael Crichton and George Romero.  This is certainly a very realistic story with lots of interesting characters.  This is a story with a difference, it describes humanity at it’s best and at it’s worse.  The reader will be rooting for the good guys and hoping the bad guys don’t come out on top.  Jeff Carlson holds his readers on a tight leash, not letting loose for a minute.  This reviewer was certainly caught up with the story and it gives food for thought.

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