Virginia's comfortable life with her husband, friends and family is turned on its head when a sickness sweeps the area, turning people into mindless cannibals. Each loss Virginia experiences tests her spirit, and when she's left with no one else to turn to, she's faced with one choice: life or death. Thinking she's got nothing else to lose, she takes her own life. When she awakens in a cold, dark world, she realizes she couldn't have been more wrong.