The virus began to spread in nearly every major population center simultaneously, with outbreaks even on isolated islands like Madagascar and Iceland before they could shut their borders. With security forces, governments, medical researchers, and other groups who might have marshaled a response disproportionately infected by the initial wave, it was not long before society fell into chaos. Without power, clean water, sewage treatment, or internet, famine and disease was rampant- and sick, starving individuals were even more vulnerable to becoming zombified. Even as the horde shambled onward, consuming everything in its path, new variants emerged, mutating the zombies and even infecting animals. Yet humanity is nothing if not tenacious and resourceful, and survivors banded together, creating islands of safety in the sea of chaos threatening to engulf them all. Yet for many survivors, it became clear that zombies were just one of the many threats seeking to snuff out all hope.
Stories of heroism, hope, desperation, and tragedy dot the apocalyptic landscape as families are torn asunder and people watch their friends and comrades succumb to the horde or despair. Chris and Emma are two survivors who lost contact with their family early in the pandemic, and during their search for a new home, will come across steadfast friends, deadly foes, and clues to the origin of the deadly zombie virus and how humanity might be able to fight back and begin rebuilding. In a world where even survival is a luxury few dare to dream of, can they find a way to live and love? Their fate- and that of countless more people- is in your hands.