NorBAC investigates an outbreak of brain wasting prion disease (mad cow) in humans. The victims are spread out across North America. The most surprising is a 5-year-old girl, since the disease normally takse 7 years to show. How are the cases connected?

In the aftermath of Hira's death, David holds the Reverand responsible and is determined to expose him.

David suspects his old friend, Denny Dexter, a minor league hockey player, has actually undergone a process to have himself genetically modified.