When five strangers from an online comic book forum gain possession of a cult graphic novel, they find themselves pursued by a shadowy organisation who are prepared to kill to track it down.

In the present day, Jessica has been held captive by Milner who has tortured her in a desperate attempt to find out just what adjustment Carvel made to Janus

The gang are on the run and find a precocious young hacker, who uncovers the key to The Network's new plan: a real global outbreak of weaponised Russian flu.