With this white-knuckled and high-stakes thriller, occur the expansive globe of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead series, three differing people in China—a rural farmer, an urban military veteran, and an American pupil—are caught in the typhoon of undead as chaos sweeps on the most populous country in Asia.

In the aftermath of the horrifying outbreak, the last remnants from the Chinese government have approximated that one billion walkers (called jiangshi) are currently roaming the united states. Across about Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Deceased: Typhoon this desolate surroundings, large sets of survivors have clustered collectively for security in settlements which have been built to protect against the unceasing influx of jiangshi.

In another of these settlements, Beacon of Light, scavengers of vastly differing backgrounds struggle to provide supplies for the survival of thousands. Before this devastation, Zhu was among the millions of poor farmers who still left their rural origins for the guarantee of consistent work in another of China’s booming manufacturing plant towns. Elena was an American teaching British in China while on a gap year before beginning law school. Hengyen was a grizzled military officer of some renown, and a passionate believer in his country’s ability to surmount any obstacle.

But with the negotiation’s 3,000 mouths to feed as well as the scavengers needing to travel further and additional in search of food, Zhu eventually ends up in his home town, where he’s shocked to look for survivors. Does he push them to become listed on the settlement or hold their existence a secret?

In the mean time, a veritable typhoon of walkers is normally headed towards Beacon of Light. When the conniving head from the Beacon, Secretary Guo, jobs Hengyen with rounding up all survivors in the region for a eager last stand, the military man views it for the foolish, futile directive that it’s. Ever the patriot, though, he’ll stand along with his compatriots to the last. But Zhu discovers himself captured between his like for Elena, his duty to the Beacon, and his wish to flee using the villagers. With time running out and the stakes greater than ever, these three survivors must work out how to live with the overpowering odds against them.