"Take care of my little girl." The last words Karl Weiss said to him before he sacrificed himself are still fresh in Dave Stewart's mind after he crashes in Kansas City. With only the contents of his cache tube, his wits and two Marines to help him, he is determined to keep the promise he made to Amy's parents, and get her safely out of the zombie infested inferno they find themselves in. All that stands between the four survivors and freedom are millions of zombies, ghouls with terrifying mutations, a cult leader bent on ruling the city with an iron fist and a river with almost no way...