SERUM — Dennis Ogden

It has taken eighteen years for Professor Marcus Glasson to rescue Noi d Jesus who was abducted during the 1999 East Timor struggle for independence.

A rare sea worm, found in the volcanic vents under the Banda Sea, is the source of a serum that, when administered to pregnant lab mice renders their offspring immune to all known diseases. The immunity is passed on through following generations, offering the hope of a disease-free world.

Discovering the rescued Noi is newly pregnant, Marcus Glasson sees his chance to test an experimental serum on a human.

But the father of the unborn child and others see profit to be made when the professor dies and Noi is violently assaulted.

Lying comatosed in hospital with no ID, Department of Immigration researcher Kailee Banks must decide the girl's origin.

What she uncovers sets her, Noi and her unborn baby on a dangerous course.

Death, greed, corruption, betrayal and the race to find another worm threaten the survival of Noi and her miracle baby.

It takes the Banda Sea to determine the outcome.