In the summer of 2017, small town America is terrorized as a swarm of American honey bees migrates its way across the country at unprecedented speeds. Without warning, the mass begins descending upon unknowing residences, trapping entire families inside their homes.The news is calling it the lottery of nightmares.With three families dead, nobody knows exactly who's next. No one, that is, except Hugh Sistard. In fact, Hugh's fairly certain the swarm is heading his way. Because there's a pattern amongst the trail of dead that only he can see. One that will send him shivering back to his childhood memories to face his deepest, darkest secret.With the odds stacked against him, can retired hostage negotiator Rupert Loren hold his team together long enough to prevent Hugh from doing something terrible to his wife and child?