A mysterious disease outbreak throughout the Midwest U.S. has forced many survivors to band together in search of safety.
But when the dead rise again and can turn the living with a single scratch or bite, how does one continue on in a broken world?
Leaving the Chicago area on foot, Joshua, Phil, Sarah, Will, and Samantha are the only ones left from the class that set out in a panic from the Brookfield Zoo. The suburbs around Elmhurst are seemingly abandoned, but the stench of something rotten hangs in the air as the sirens continue to drone.