An elderly man is carried into the emergency department of
the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s, setting of a chain of events that
leaves doctors mystified. He is the first of many victims suffering from severe
nosebleeds and excruciation pain, Dr. Luke Gillespie and Nurse Agatha Catania
investigate their symptoms but are unable to diagnose them. The only thing they
have in common is Stg. Nicholas Myra, an investigator with the Royal
Newfoundland Constabulary.
Dr. Gillespie and Sgt. Myra join forces to solve this
twisted mystery. But the story takes a critical turn when Sister Pius, a nun
from Mercy Convent, informs them about Wormwood: a disease she believes is
created by God to kill perpetrators of the most heinous crimes. Wormwood
becomes an international media storm when parish priest Father Peter Cooke
holds a news conference on the steps of the Basilica of St. John’s the Baptist
and announces that God has unleashed a plague upon the earth.
Is God truly punishing these criminals, or is a serial
killer targeting them? Dr. Gillespie and Sgt. Myra race to find answers, while
the Roman Catholic hierarchy starts bringing people back to the Church in
droves . . . by cashing in on what it
claims to be a miracle.
