Lynda Halligan

Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone, the last drop of gas was used up, the government collapsed. Chaos... on a global scale.

When a shadowy organization calling itself "The Real Deal" shuts down the country's satellite communications systems and replaces the airwaves with cryptic messages about the state of the world, a group of Catholic high school students must decide how to respond. 17-year -old Mouse Mussendon embarks on a mission to find the truth behind the mysterious Real Deal messages.