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Alonesurvivorinazombie-infestedworld,JonahCainewanderedformonths,strugglingtounderstandtheapocalypseinwhichhelives.Unabletofindamoralorsanereasonforthehorrorthatsurroundshim,heisoverwhelmedbyviolenceandinsignificance.ThenJonahcomesacrossagroupofsurvivorslivinginamuseum-turned-compound.TheyareledbyJack,anever-practicalandefficientmilitaryman;andMilton,amysteriousprophetwhoholdsastrangepoweroverthedead.BothshareJonah’sanguishoverthebrutalityoftheirworldaswellashishopeforitsbeauty.Togetherwithothers,theybuildacommunitythatreestablishesanislandoforderandhumanitysurroundedbyrelentlessghouls.Butthisnewfoundpeaceisshort-lived,asJonahandhisbandofrefugeesclashwithanothergroupofsurvivorswhoremindthemthattheundeadarenottheonly—northemostgrotesque—horrorstheymustface.