When a fame-hungryscientist brings an impossible, living specimen of a creature longthought extinct back from the wild jungles of South America heunwittingly brings along a passenger. Something with the potential todestroy every living thing on our planet.The infestation begins,rapidly overtaking medical resources and resisting all treatment. Onewoman knows the danger, Carla Nero, chief scientist of the Center forDisease Control. She makes Matt an offer he can't refuse and togetherthey join a team heading to the deep jungle in a desperate race tolocate the hidden place where the specimen was taken.Only byfinding the location of the specimen can the team – and the world – hopeto uncover the secret of how to survive the ancient, horrifyingparasite that has been released.