A solar flare, an eruption of energy unlike anything recorded, lashed out from the sun. Those in the know felt a tremor of unease, a premonition of something far greater on the horizon. But the world held its breath, then exhaled. No cataclysmic storms. No fried electronics. Just the unsettling quiet of a dodged bullet. Except for Cole. During a routine medical scan, the 26-year-old felt a jolt course through him as the flare hit. It was a blip on a monitor, a glitch in the system, but for Cole, it was the spark that ignited a change. A change he wouldn't fully understand, but one that would irrevocably alter the course of his life.