The world died in 2010. It died at the teeth of the walking dead not with a whimper but with a scream of terror. Having escaped the dead in Nashville, Jared and Crew had taken shelter at his camp on the plateau, but the Dark had come for them. Forced to abandon the camp to the undead, they take to the road to protect the children. Guided by a message from the dead they have a destination, but a trip through a land ruled by the undead to reach the promised shelter of Ft. Sumter won't be easy. The Dark is not done with them. It wants the children, and its Servant will not stop till it has them.