From the "Dead Soil" world comes a series of novellas showing how the main characters survived during the first days of the apocalypse. (You do not need to read "Dead Soil" first to enjoy these terrifying tales!) Lee Hickey came to America from Ireland with a dream of helping others. As a nurse, sickness and death is a part of his everyday life. But when the zombie apocalypse breaks out, he sees disease in a whole new light. As people change before his eyes in the hospital, he has to fight to escape. His pregnant wife needs him and the only way to get to her is to fight back. But can a man whose purpose in life is to help others really kill to survive?