Hayley has known nothing but war and death the whole twenty five years of her life. Every day a fight. Every happy moment fleeting. The only saving grace in her world overturned by a plague that turns the meekest of beings into a flesh craving monster is one man. Jackson. His whole life Jackson has strived to be strong. To keep his family safe and to gain and keep the love of the Commander's daughter. Just when he finds the love he has always craved something happens. Something undoable and might be the end of them all. Now Hayley and Jackson must find a way to be together against all odds. Against even death itself. Before the plague consumes Jackson and everything he holds dear.