Over a decade ago, the small town of Switchcreek was struck by an unexplained affliction that swept over its inhabitants in waves, changing their bodies entirely - both from one another, and from the normal humans. This results in three distinct clades - the giant Argos, the bald-headed, nearly exclusively female Betas, and the enormously rotund Charlies. A few people are lucky enough to be skipped, but then don't really fit in anywhere at all. When Pax's childhood friend dies, it's all he can do to return to Switchcreek for her funeral - somewhere he hasn't been since the disease ended.
I liked this book quite a lot. The disease it features is unusual - both in its specifications and in its vectors of transmission - and while the book doesn't go into that much detail on the scientific side of things, it's possible to see that the course described by the author seems to hold up (given that it's feasibly possible for it to start, that is). It's an interesting look into the mechanics of a small-town society further isolated from the world, and the threads of the storyline all tie in together very well.
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