It is March 1943. The guns have fallen silent over the Volga, and the German Sixth Army has surrendered. But as the spring thaw melts the ice, it reveals more than just the wreckage of war.
Hans Weber, a German deserter hiding in the ruins under a stolen identity, knows the truth. He saw what happened in the Grain Elevator. He knows that the "sickness" buried in the mud isn't dead-it was only sleeping.
Now, as the city tries to rebuild, the dead are waking up. And they are hungry.