Since fleeing his home three years ago, Byron has been drifting, fearful of causing more hurt than he already has. Every few months, Byron finds himself in a new town with a new job, keeping the world at arm's length. With a plan to stay only one season before moving on, Byron takes work at a small family farm in rural Nebraska. Due the zombie outbreak, that plan has changed. Now in the middle of nowhere and waiting for the undead to arrive, Byron finds himself trapped between Curtis, a domineering authority figure who suspects the worst of the drifter and wants to exile him to the approaching horde, and Shelly, a protective matriarch whose feelings for Byron go beyond friendship. Leaving the safety of the group's makeshift bunker is a death sentence, but as tensions rise, the price for staying might need to be paid in blood. Needing to reconcile his past with who he is now, Byron walks a delicate path where one misstep could cost him life and the lives of everyone around him.