Zera Todd is a seventeen year-old girl living on Death's doorstep. Her every waking moment is a living nightmare. She is trapped in apocalyptic America where she was forced out of her home after most of her family had been killed and then came back to kill, as flesh-hungry zombies. Her only companions are her older brother, Cale, and Arrow, a timber wolf and her lifelong friend, whom she grew up with after her father found him abandoned in the woods. Together, the three of them must fight for survival against starvation, infection, and of course the dead, but also the living, in what seems like a never-ending battle for a safe home and a life worth living. In a life filled with death and sadness at every turn, Zera finds the one thing she wasn't looking for lurking in her families' woods, the love of her life, Sean Dawson. Sean came to Zera in the best and worst time, almost killing her and then stealing her heart in a world where she kept it hidden deep inside, for fear of loosing someone else and being hurt, again. Cale doesn't approve of her blossoming relationship with Sean. Cale thinks he is reckless and dangerous and he begs his sister not to pursue him. Cale's disapproval of Sean only makes Zera interested in him all the more. She tries to stay away for her brother's sake, but Sean is persistent in his pursuit of her, and it becomes harder and harder for her to resist his charms and she eventually falls...hard. But then he is just one more person to loose. Zera must lay her life on the line more than once to keep herself, Sean, Cale and Arrow alive and safe. Along the way Zera is met with numerous challenges, the next more dangerous than the last. Each testing her cunning and will to survive and thrive with the ones she loves. She must dig deep to overcome her fear and the constant ache that consumes her heart to find some kind of hope for the future.