Katherine Kuehne WAS a normal 14 year old girl, going to school, having friends, everything was normal. Until one day, the school was attacked by the undead. Katherine was forced to run for her life and leave her friends behind, only to find her home empty and her parents and older brother no were to be found. One year later, Katherine had lived by herself and survived on her own with a very close friend of her's help. One day on a scavenging mission they finds a group of survivors made up of old friends/class mates,trapped in a small market with a herd of walkers. To her discomfort, she saves them and decides to become their leader to show them how to survive this nightmare. Follow along as this group of teenagers learn to survive in a world they never thought would exist. Friendships will be broken, love will be born, but can they do all that and not be torn apart by the struggles of surviving in this world?