Some connections are beautiful. Some are deadly.
For thriller novelist Miranda Birky, strange yellow flowers appearing overnight in perfect geometric patterns across her lawn seem like just another bizarre small-town occurrence—until people who touch them begin to change.
She turns to her neighbor, biology teacher Alan Raasch, and together they uncover a terrifying truth: the yellow bloom isn’t just transforming people—it’s connecting them into a vast living network with a consciousness and purpose of its own.
With the military compromised, authorities infected, and “Make Earth Bloom Again” communities spreading, Miranda becomes a target of the movement’s leader—a long-haired guru known only as Echo.
Echo wants to make her his perfect counterpart in a new world order of love, peace, and collective wisdom.
As former friends fall to the bloom, Miranda and Alan face an impossible choice: join the promised utopia or fight to save the individuals trapped in the growing neural matrix.
Bella Vex is the dark alter ego of USA Today bestselling romance author Rachelle Ayala. Bella’s work explores themes of identity, transformation, and the price we pay for belonging. She believes that the best horror stories are born where passion and fear intersect.View all by Bella Vex
