When a militia group kidnaps the little girl, nothing will stop Frankie from rescuing her - not even the zombies inadvertently created by the same child.
Fighting to survive, Frankie discovers that the monsters in this new world aren't always dead. The power-hungry leader of the Missouri Defense Force has his own agenda and it involves Frankie and her daughter.
On top of everything else, Frankie is finding it harder and harder to fight of her feelings for Pete, the handsome former Army Ranger who's helping her.
Frankie and friends have a hard road ahead of them as they learn how to live and love in the new world.