A deadly virus rages indiscriminately across the American States and then beyond. The survivors face a new terror—the walking undead-monsters created in the wake of the infection. Devin Reid is part of a group surviving out of a high-security penitentiary near Kansas City. Resources are limited and it's down to a handful of people like Devin to meet the demand on food and supplies. The newly-made monsters are hungry, and the survivors risk their lives scavenging the cities and highways. On one fateful venture, Devin finds something—or rather someone with the potential to change a dark future, destined for blood and heartbreak, into one of hope and second chances. He finds Noah Weber.