Jamie Walker is your typical high school girl. She just moved to Gorham, Maine because of her mom's work and so she could attend the prestigious boarding school Hearst Academy in Wellington, Maine. Upon arrival, Jamie finds out that there is a whole other layer to the world that is known only by the highest level of government officials, and of course the Hunters. For generations, Hunters have controlled zombie attacks and kept them hidden from the public view. On top of that, the prestigious Hearst isn't as ordinary as Jamie previously thought. At Hearst, the next generation of Hunters train to fight against the zombie pandemic. But an accident in the chemistry lab turns into a nightmare for Jamie and her friends as the knowledge they learned at Hearst becomes their best tool for survival.