No one knows how it started… no one knows where they came from; all we know is that they are here and that if we don’t protect ourselves, we could turn into one of them… The world has been infected, with a disease. Avery is only fifteen years old and death is all around her. She, along with a few others, managed to survive in their small society. Avery doesn’t think her life will ever change, and she will always have to live with The Dead around her. But then there is a mistake. The Rulers have been hiding something from them. What happens when their society gets attacked?