The host: meet the resistance
The Widows
"If God wanted me married again, he’d have taken Frank after my hips gave out. Not before."
Meet the Widows of The Host. They survive church just to spend Sunday brunch blasting their pastor’s outdated sermons on the role of women. It certainly doesn't help that he keeps trying to "matchmake" them with men who require active diaper changes.
They aren't looking for husbands, they aren't looking to
submit, and they certainly aren't going to let a waterborne biological
apocalypse ruin their morning pie ritual.
Ambi Pond...
What’s more dangerous: a brain-liquefying parasite, or a wellness influencer trying to protect her brand deal?
Meet Ambi Pond, a wellness influencer who desperately wants you to buy her latest skincare brand so she can buy a mansion.
"Drink the water," she tells her millions of followers. "It’s safe. It's divine."
When things go horribly wrong, Ambi finds herself
trapped in a toxic nightmare, forced to choose between doing what is right and
doing what will make her wealthy.
mama ruth
Meet Mama Ruth: she’s the unsung hero of the unhoused community at Dry Creek.
Once a dedicated registered nurse, a tragic mistake cost Ruth her license—but it couldn't strip away her calling. Armed with nothing but a battered notebook of real names, a donated scalpel, and absolute authority, she provides vital care to a community that society has left behind.
Now, as a terrifying waterborne parasite begins tearing through her camp, Mama Ruth is the only one standing between her people and complete disaster.
She might have lost her credentials, but she is the only
savior they’ve got left.
Mac Abernathy
Meet Mac Abernathy: a cynical, independent journalist who has spent years chasing stories at the bottom of a bottle.
He thought he had seen it all—political corruption, backroom
deals, and the slow decay of the news industry. But when a bizarre
"behavioral anomaly" breaks out in the local bar, Mac stumbles onto a
conspiracy far larger and deadlier than his own self-destruction.
Dr. Bethera Rawner
Meet Dr. Bethera Rawner, a seventy-two, widowed, and utterly exhausted.
She was finally ready to retire to Hawaii, trade her sterile
scrubs for floral leis, and leave the chaotic ER behind. But the universe had
other plans.
When patients start flooding her hospital with a terrifying, waterborne parasite that makes them go crazy, Bethera is ordered by the White House to stay quiet. Instead, she chooses to fight.
Risking her medical license and her safety, she teams up
with a rogue pathologist to perform highly illegal, unsanctioned
surgeries—determined to trap a live specimen before the government sweeps the
entire outbreak under the rug.
The drag queens
If you think fighting off a government cover-up and a brain-altering parasite is hard, try doing it in six-inch stilettos.
They were blocked from hosting story hour at the local library, but they aren't about to let a little thing like a global biological extinction event stop them from saving the day.
They are retired military with glamour, grit, and zero tolerance for governmental bullshit.
