Chapter One

A mysterious virus blooms in present-day Minneapolis. It spreads across the United States nearly overnight, transforming the nation into a post-apocalyptic world where cannibalistic monsters kill the living and the should-be-dead rise again.

Speaking to us through her own troubled thoughts, Hayden Lorelock details her life as friends and family fall victim to the virus that separates her from those still alive. Determined to reunite with her still-living loved ones, Hayden sets out on a harrowing journey of survival. But every day that she survives is another day that the relentless undead threaten to destroy everything she's ever known or loved.