As the Forever Winter commences, surviving alone in the wilderness is 15 year old Lizzy, hardened by her experiences in a world that is quickly going to hell. One night, Lizzy is abducted and trapped in the basement of a large building with no apparent escape. She is shocked to discover that she is not her abductor's first victim, as she awakens surrounded by other children who, like her, had also been taken. Not one of the young prisoners understands their abductor's purpose, nor the plans he has for them.

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.