p p pA virus has been unleashed across the United States, giving people the power to control minds and separating the population into messiahs, followers and those soon to be converted. It is not long before these Illusionists believe their kind wasn't meant to share...p p p pCole Watts is awoken from hallucinogenic bliss into a world of dead lovers, fanatical cults fighting to impose their utopia, telepathic madmen and paranoid survivalists. His only hope of resistance lies in Chicago, where claims of a cure have been discovered.p p p pOr is it all just a trick of the brainp