This fourth installment picks up exactly where The Gathering left off. Victor and his post-apocalyptic crew continue their trek across the zombie-filled country to meet John’s family. It takes all the heroes can muster to overcome the depths of human depravity. Do the heroes have what it takes? Will they break under the strain?

In this third installment Victor Tookes is no longer content to sit back and watch the world go to the hell. Victor launches a plan to rid the world of zombies, for good. To build the team, they go to Charlotte, fighting zombies and raiders every step of the way. The team sets out for California, yet at each stop, the areas are too quiet. Where have all the zombies gone?

When Victor Tookes went to work that beautiful spring day he never expected to see a man eaten in the street in front of his office. After convincing himself that they really were zombies, he makes a trip from his house in Pennsylvania to his family home in Virginia, battling zombies all the way. His three and a half year old son was bitten on the leg, but doesn't turn into a zombie. Instead, he turns into something more than human.   Victor and his friends discover that not all zombies are created equal, some of them are smarter than others. Some of them are even able to pass for human.