The day the world ended, Erik Tragger escaped to the mountains. Cut off
from civilization for five months, he returned to find a ruined city now
ruled by the living dead. Tragger joins a group of survivors with a
plan: make it to Portland where humanity is carving out a stronghold.
But along the way, they face opposition at every turn--the dead, rogue
military forces, looters--and a new enemy more dangerous than any they
have yet encountered.
Among the stumbling, mindless zombies are ghouls. The ghouls are living
dead creatures that not only strategize and plan, but control their
shambling brothers. Using their powers, the ghouls are building a living
dead army to eliminate the last of the living.