Brandilyn Collins

After her husband, Dr. Brock McNeil, a respected researcher, denies that chronic Lyme disease exists, Janessa is infected with Lyme disease by a man who has lost everything to the disease, and who threatens to infect her daughter next if her husband will not change his stance.

Plagued by grief and despair over the brutal attack that killed her husband, Lisa Newberry participates in a medical trial in which a microchip is implanted into her brain to help cure severe depression.