A hundred years after the zombie apocalypse, those lucky enough to survive now exist in spread cities, under the merciless rule of the City Watch. A straightforward tenet overshadows all areas of lifestyle: obey or pass away. When Jonah Lovecraft is usually framed for murder, his position like a Watcher doesn’t spare him from the ultimate punishment: being ensemble in to the Barrens and forced to fight zombies and additional criminal contestants in the Darwin Games. As he battles for every heartbeat, his child, Ana, embarks on her own desperate search to uncover the reality about her dad. Yet neither expects their efforts to reveal grim secrets that could rip apart the fabric of culture – if either lives lengthy more than enough to expose the truth.