Shaun and Megan lived in the outskirts of a small town near Latrobe, Pennsylvania. They ignored the news coverage of an outbreak in Africa. Africa was always having outbreaks of some sort of disease. When the networks began to report incidents taking place in Europe, they ignored the reports as another effort by the networks to sensationalize the news and make something out of nothing. They started to take the reports more seriously when outbreaks started to occur in New York and Pittsburgh. But by then, it was too late. Within days, the dead were everywhere. It was impossible to go into Latrobe, or any other of the towns or cities. At least it was impossible if you wanted to live. Shaun and Megan’s life changed. Each day was a struggle to avoid the dead, to find food and to just survive.
The living began to disappear as the hordes of the dead grew. Other than their friends, Doug and Lisa, who were struggling to survive nearby, they were on their own in a world ruled by the dead. One day, when Shaun and Megan were out trying to find supplies, they saw a man and his family being attacked by the dead. Shaun and Megan felt obligated to help another living human. There were so few of them left. The man told them he was passing through, trying to take his family to a nearby town where he heard other living people had gathered and formed a Safe Zone. The people in the town had secured an area that was safe from the dead. Not only was it safe, but they had begun to push the dead out of the town and reclaim their lives. They operated a farm that supplied everyone with food.
Shaun and Megan talked to their friends, Doug and Lisa, about the Safe Zone they had heard about. They debated whether or not they should try to go there. It was getting harder each day to just get by and they didn’t know how much longer they were going to be able to survive. The Safe Zone they had heard about could just be a rumor repeated by a desperate man trying to save his family. Before they could decide what to do, the decision was made for them. What food and shelter they had was destroyed and taken from them. They had barely managed to escape with their lives. In an effort to survive, they set out to make the journey in the hope of finding a place safe from the dead. A place with other people like themselves where they could rebuild a life and wake up from the nightmare they had been living.
They journey was terrifying, but they finally arrived at their destination. What they found was amazing. It was everything they had been told and more. Unfortunately, much more!