Matt King is on the run. One of the last survivors of the catastrophic expedition to Brisbane, he has a nuclear launch codebook vital to the survival of the human race - desperately trying to keep it from rogue military forces commanded by the ruthless General Draeger. Behind enemy lines, in the so-called Republic of New England, Matt discovers a very different place to the zombie-ravaged world beyond. In fortress towns patrolled by conscripted soldiers, people are not just surviving but thriving - trading freedom for safety, ruled over by a brutal military dictatorship. Lost and alone, cut off from his allies and hunted like an animal, Matt will face his greatest challenge of surviving the darkness at the heart of General Draeger's kingdom of hell.