Riley is a changed man. An old friend has returned, giving him a new sense of purpose. After months of battling his demons and suffering crippling losses, he is finding happiness in the smaller moments, finally facing up to the realities of the world he lives in. But everything changes when Riley and his group come face to face with a mysterious masked figure offering the most tantalising promise of an extraction point. A way of escaping the infection, forever. Now, with the promise of safety within touching distance, Riley and his friends must dig deep and embark on a dangerous journey that pushes them all to the brink. And it doesn't take long to learn a devastating secret about the very nature of the zombie infection that changes their lives all over again... In the Dead Days, no-one is safe.