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UNINFECTED
By Dwayne Williams

GENRE: Sci-fi
LOGLINE:

When a swarm of deadly cicada-like insects devastates humanity, infecting through toxic bites and sonic screams, a soldier whose fort was destroyed by a flawed cure uncovers a dark conspiracy: the elite hoard a stable cure while distributing defective treatments to control society. Risking everything, he fights to rescue captive scientists and deliver salvation to all.

SYNOPSIS:

In the aftermath of an unprecedented cicada outbreak, humanity splinters into military-run forts

desperately clinging to safety. These unique insects spread chaos in two terrifying ways:

1. Sonic Infection

Newly hatched nymphs emit shrill screams, causing ear-bleeding psychosis and

uncontrollable aggression.

2. Toxic Secretion

Adult cicadas bite victims, turning them feral yet potentially savable with a hastily

developed series of invasive injections.

This flawed treatment—hoarded by the wealthy elite—has only a 70% success rate. The poor,

lacking access to the best resources, suffer from reinfections and dire living conditions.

Haunted by the loss of his army brethren—who sacrificed themselves to rescue children—a

disillusioned soldier journeys to the main fort, where he uncovers a dark conspiracy. Captured

scientists, on the verge of creating a more effective 90% cure, endure brutal torture at the hands of

the corrupt leadership.

Forming an uneasy alliance with an isolated, minority-led fort that has managed to survive without

medical aid, the soldier sets in motion a high-stakes plan to rescue these researchers and recover

the superior cure. With lingering cicada pockets reemerging and hordes of the infected roaming the

wastelands, a final confrontation looms. As alliances form among the downtrodden, they unite to

end the elite’s monopoly on salvation and bring true healing to a ravaged world—if they can outlast

both the infected and the system that profits from the plague.

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