• 2016: A genetically re-engineered virus is cleared by the FDA for human testing as a vaccine against several forms of cancer.
• 2017: Initial testing is astounding.
• 2018: The vaccine goes into worldwide distribution.
• 2019: The vaccine begins mutating inside the human body. Symptoms begin appearing near the end of the year.
• 2020: The serious effects begin: 90% of those immunized die a horrific, painful death; while the 10% who survive become predatory mutants called "Darkseekers".

• They act like crazed, rabid animals.
• They chase down, kill, and eat uninfected humans.
• They have speed, strength, and agility superior to uninfected humans; yet have the intelligence level of an untrained monkey.
• They have a serious weakness: direct sunlight causes them intense, disabling pain and -- if the Darkseeker doesn't get out of it quick enough -- an agonizing death.
• They live in dark areas -- unlit buildings, tunnels, subways, and sewers -- and only come out into the open between sundown and sunrise.

• By this point, the Press has dubbed the virus "Rabies 2.0".
• Our story centers on the neighborhood of Broad Channel, part of Queens, New York.
• Broad Channel's four accesses -- the two ends each of IND railway and the Cross Bay Toll Road -- were closed as soon as Rabies 2.0 was verified to be spreading in New York City.
• The majority of Broad Channel's population flooded out of the city, heading as many had to open country. (It would prove to be a mistake, of course, as the Darkseekers only found it easier to hunt people in the less secure environment of rural areas.)
• At the start of our story, there are only 250 people left in Broad Channel.

I might be interested. I love the movie and book.