Cliff Reed is a seventeen-year-old high school senior in the quiet town of Syracuse, Kansas. His life, once defined by routine and small-town simplicity, is abruptly shattered when a sudden and horrifying zombie apocalypse erupts. What starts as a series of unexplained disappearances and eerie disturbances soon morphs into an all-out nightmare as the dead rise and humanity's fragile order collapses. As the chaos unfolds, Cliff is thrust into a relentless fight for survival. With his hometown overrun and his family torn apart, he must navigate a world where every day is a battle against the undead and the desperate remnants of humanity. Amidst the devastation, Cliff discovers strength and resilience he never knew he possessed, forging uneasy alliances with other survivors and learning to confront the monsters both human and inhuman.