There is a global conspiracy of such enormity that those who encounter even its outermost fringes are inevitably contaminated. A conspiracy based on incredibly advanced technology of Earthly origin. A conspiracy dedicated to the eventual enslavement and subversion of humanity as we know it. A conspiracy with one man - old beyond nature, powerful beyond measure atits core. A conspiracy stretching through ime-across icy polar wastes and jungle hideouts ... into the cold vacuum of space itself. A conspiracy poised to turn life on Earth into a chilling nightmare of living death. Unless.).