a post zombie apocalyptic setting about 2 or 3 years after the initial outbreak. when it started the government built militarized colonies that consisted of neighborhoods (Jack is a teenage boy who used to collect war relics but now lives in the colonie) untouched by the bloodthirsty creachers..........that is untill its not and Jack is forced to fend for himself in a hell that is just a few degrees cooler than the real place.