In a desolate future, society is in near ruin. It is in this world that thirteen-year-old Samantha must confront an unimaginable horror. She has contracted…"The Burn."

If not cured "The Burn" will inevitably lead its victim to a painful death, ending in a burst of flames. Samantha's only option is to board…the "Nomikos." A hospital on rails, the Nomikos is the only source of medical care to the outer regions.

It is there that she soon discovers the true terror behind "The Burn" and an evil plot to infect the entire planet. Can one sick little girl save all of the Earth from possible enslavement and genocide?