After living through the hatred and insanity of 2020, renowned geneticist, Daniel Magnus has decided that humanity has reached its peak as a species. It’s time to tear down and start again. And what better way to eradicate humanity than by unleashing the monsters inside each of us? Destroying mankind is simple compared to perfecting a new version of mankind. Just as evil resides within all of us, the hero does as well. It’s just much harder to bring out. The Chosen are those few who survive the process. They become greater in every regard. The other 98% however, become the stuff of nightmares. Wickedly cunning and ferociously strong, they are insatiable demons that make the average zombie look like it's made of sticks and string. Into this cataclysm Bryce Carter is thrown wearing nothing but a hospital gown. He dared to defy Magnus, who felt injecting him with the serum just wasn’t punishment enough. Barefoot and bleeding, Bryce has to fight his way out of a city overrun with zombies. Led by the demons, the dead sweep across the streets like a grey river, forcing him to crawl through sewers and down into the dark tunnels beneath the blood-soaked streets. He’s hounded relentlessly and growing desperate as he only has so much time. Nuclear weapons are being readied and soon the city will be nothing but dust and ash.

Having survived what felt like an impossible journey, Maddy Whitmore and Bryce Carter discover that there is no time to rest. Not only is New York still slated for nuclear annihilation, they are hounded by demons more horrible than anything they’ve yet encountered. Virtual armies of undead, using a “collective mind”, lay siege to the Federal Building and the two are forced to their new and astounding limits just to survive. Yes, they’ve grown stronger and faster, but so have their opponents who will do anything to destroy them. The only way to keep the building from being overrun is for Maddy and Bryce to lead the demon and its army away. They flee through the maze of tunnels beneath the city, where the demons soak up the darkness, swelling to great size. These fiends are otherworldly and so terribly foul that to look upon them will drive the weak insane. And to make matters worse, the two are still New York’s only hope. The far-seeing Daniel Magnus has placed the lives of three million people on their shoulders. Supposedly, only they can stop the incoming nuclear missiles, which makes little sense since they barely survive trial after trial. Torn, bloody and exhausted, they have no choice but to go on and on…