From the barrier islands of South Carolina to a lake in North Carolina and a hospital ship on the Atlantic, the infected dead have destroyed the population of the world. People band together, some who travel down the road toward death and some who make decisions that keep them alive. This is the story of the Mud Island survivors who have a plan to save a small part of humanity. Travel with them in Book 5 to the frozen city of Columbus, Ohio as they search for the shelter of the President of the United States.