Dying is anything but rosy.

I wake with Caleb at my side. Having someone next to you during the zombie apocalypse is always a comfort. That is until he explains a mysterious illness almost finished the job of the undead and ended my life.

It can always be worse, and it is.

Outside the fortified High Point Inn, the zombies keep coming. There's turmoil within the ranks, and my best friend, Lilly, has been kidnapped.

I slept through it all. Sure, I was suffering from an unknown malady, but that's no excuse.

Unable and unwilling to sit in bed, I develop a rescue plan. As soon as I'm recuperated, Caleb and I are off into the wilderness to find Lilly.

Zombies, I expect.

The other surprises nearly send me to the grave again. Some days, it's hard to face the ugly truth, but I realize that not every monster is evil and not every human has a soul.

Hordes of zombies, mysterious illnesses, and the death of friends. Now there's a kidnapping. How much can one person take?