Kasumi opens her eyes, but no matter how surreal and impossible
the waking world seems, it's not a nightmare she can escape
from.

The Medusa virus, an illness that quickly and painfully killed the
infected by turning them into stone, was sweeping across the globe,
and a few infected chosen were placed in suspended animation to be
awakened only when a cure was found.  Heartbroken at leaving
her beloved twin behind, Kasumi was one of the selected -- but when
she wakes up, there is no cure and no help. A jungle has enveloped
the facility and creatures resembling dinosaurs are the only living
creatures roaming the halls. Haywire electronics have caused her
and her fellow sleepers to be revived, but with monsters set on
their destruction and a world so altered, the survivors need to
think quickly to survive, let alone speculate on what has happened
or where they can go from here.

What has happened to humanity? Is hope an option, or is it
dangerous? With the Medusa virus reactivated inside their bodies,
they have precious little time to solve the riddle they've
discovered. While the remaining few have to work together,
circumstances reveal the best and worst of humanity --- from people
who bribed their way into the project to those who will do
anything, include sacrificing everyone else, to survive. Iwahara's
character design may seem at first glance almost too cute for such
a serious dilemma, but her ability to create engaging action
sequences and terrifying monsters and still illuminate each
character's emotions, from greed to horror to determination, proves
that she is more then capable of knocking your socks off
artistically.

This is one heck of an opening for a series, and while a few
answers are within sight, with every new answer comes a pile of new
questions. If you like mysteries like “Lost,” this
suspenseful survival tale is for you.

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