The Caterpillar Strain

It started with an advertisement and it took over the world.

'Cordyceps for girls - Just $49.99. Lose weight, diminish wrinkles, get beautiful and quick! No invasive procedures, no surgery, no more filler or Botox. Just take two spoons in your juice each day and see remarkable results within two weeks.

When influencer Bex from Beverly Hills ordered the new product everyone was talking about, she didn't know how it was all going to turn out.

Yes, she'd achieved the looks, the curvaceous body, the smooth skin, the long thick, glossy hair, the strength of two men, untold energy, a thirst for pure ice-cold water, with no hunger for food and no desire for sleep. She was a goddamn walking, talking rock star, but she still wanted more.

When she became the face of Cordyceps, as life changed for Bex in ways she never dreamed, she never suspected her character would change too, but the stuff made her mean. Really mean.

Now, after the infection set in, Bex and her friends, and every teenage girl around the world feasting on Cordyceps for Girls, congregate in cellars, dark places where they disguise their unrivaled beauty, hiding from anyone who looks too closely.