It's been six months since Andrew and the rest of the survivors escaped the outbreak. Six months since the first ghoul rose and began the hellish nightmare the survivors cannot wake from. The first few days of adapting and struggling through the madness were nearly impossible, and only through sheer force of will and ability did anyone manage to survive the carnage and destruction. As a last-ditch effort, the U.S. government carpet-bombed first major cities, then the entire country, in an effort to control the zombie pandemic. Escaping in Bones's Nighthawk, the survivors thought they were safe.

They were wrong. The zombie threat is a worldwide epidemic, and survivors around the world have banded together into clans, gangs, and cults, fighting over the limited resources available to them. Dehydration and malnutrition plays havoc on the minds of the weary, and insanity is a welcome release from the day-to-day madness that has ensued. Raiders and street gangs have taken to the wastelands and dominate the new world order, killing any who oppose them. Self-proclaimed "treasure hunters" scour the rubble, searching for mass stockpiles of ammunition and food, left behind by government officials and various military groups. It's a dog-eat-dog world with zombies thrown into the mix, and how humanity has managed to survive this long is anyone's guess.

Desperate for supplies, Andrew and Bones make a deal with another clan to meet and devise a plan to return to the states and gather what they need.

Andrew swore he would never go back to that nightmare. Can he do what needs to be done? Or will the survivors fall to the once-proud remnants of society? How can they return to the past when life among them is proving too much to bear already?