Detroit has become a war zone. Slow, shambling corpses feast upon the living while fire consumes the city. Amparo Vega, a haunted mercenary, fights through streets that are choked with the dead. Her mission: extract the legendary soldier, Jim Traverse, who holds the terrifying secret behind the zombie epidemic. While the bullets fly, Traverse befriends a group of survivors whose fates are forever linked to his: an infamous arms dealer, a young lawyer, and a former detective struggle against the zombies together. Can Vega's elite cadre of mercenaries find Traverse before the epidemic becomes global?

Blood runs through the streets of Detroit and into the gutters of nearby cities. Monsters, both human and zombie alike, have brought civil order to its knees. The haunted mercenary, Vega, must confront this apocalypse head-on with survivors who have their own versions of morality; she’s joined by Father Joe, a pious man who will do everything in his power to save a single life, no matter how many others have to die… Jim Traverse, the sociopath who has decided the apocalypse will be “beautiful,” has nearly completed his genocidal masterpiece. Jim races against Vega’s company to reach Selfridge Air Base, where they’ll fight for control of the woman who has ascended over life and death, a woman whose relationship with an infernal intelligence gives her power over the walking dead. One woman can save the world, or destroy it: The Queen of the Dead.

One woman. One mission. Thousands of zombies. A year ago, Vega was dropped into Detroit with a team of mercenaries to find the man who has the power to manipulate the horrific, ancient nightmare that has brought the dead to life. Jim Traverse remains at large, while Vega’s worst enemy—post-traumatic stress disorder—threatens to drag her down into the arms of the hungry dead. While opposing groups of survivors establish a new economy based on salvage and the trade of women and children, Traverse attempts to complete his masterpiece of human annihilation. New allies, old foes, and the zombie horde stand between Vega and her mission. As the dreadful secrets behind Traverse’s apocalyptic vision are revealed, Vega must fight through Hell and back to save her soul. Vega just doesn’t have enough bullets.