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A lethal infection released in Austin reanimates the dead as fast-moving zombies. Rookie police officer Lacy Sparks joins a federal strike force attempting to contain it, but keeping the outbreak from becoming a pandemic soon becomes inseparable from keeping her own team alive.

Following a violent clash with Elijah's militia, the survivors prepare to escape west and search for the supplies their journey requires. Sparks undertakes a separate mission to confirm that the most dangerous human enemy they have faced can no longer threaten them.

After narrowly surviving the outbreak's first encounters, Officer Sparks and her companions head upriver toward the less populated west. The hope of relative safety is challenged by fresh dangers and uncertain alliances as their journey reveals that surviving the first day was only a beginning.

Still shaken by Elijah's violent retaliation, Sparks and her fellow survivors continue their troubled journey west. Reaching Junction appears to offer another step toward escape, but the group soon discovers that the dangers following them have not ended with the road behind.