Where the root beats

A city consumed by vines. A past buried in ashes. The evolution has begun. It started with a routine delivery and a horrifying discovery. But when a panicked local police force tried to burn away the bizarre biological anomaly hidden in room 4B, they didn't destroy it—they let it out. Within hours, a toxic, pulsating emerald forest has swallowed the city’s South District, changing everything it touches. Enter Dr. Gina Thorne, a disgraced scientist with a dark reputation. Sent into the heart of the quarantine zone to stop the outbreak, she is accompanied by Officer James Miller—a cold, ruthless soldier acting as her shadow. Miller isn't there to protect her; his orders are to execute her the moment she steps out of line. Five years ago, Gina’s lab went up in flames, a disaster that killed Miller's sister. He wants justice, and he believes Gina’s blood is the price. But as they hack through the suffocating canopy of the infected city, the rules of the game fracture. Trapped between aggressive, mutated predators and a web of corporate betrayal orchestrated by the powerful Morgan Pharmaceuticals, Gina and Miller uncover a terrifying truth. The Siberian disaster was no accident. The outbreak is not a mistake. And Gina Thorne isn't just the doctor sent to cure the virus... She is the target. "A breathless, high-octane sci-fi thriller where corporate greed meets biological nightmare. You will never look at nature the same way again."