In a small isolated town in the Pacific Northwest, Sylvia's teenage life of juggling two boyfriends and an overprotective father is turned upside down when she discovers she has a strange virus that has randomly plagued the women in her community for decades. and shamefully forced the afflicted to live. concealment. Sylvia undergoes a horrifying physical transformation and finds herself dragged into a haunted underworld where she begins an amazing journey of monstrous self-discovery. Marker is a classic coming-of-age tale with a twist of horror, pitting her heroine against her oppressors, the city's unafflicted, in a battle for self-determination and survival.