Dave, a recovering alcoholic, wakes up to find his town overrun by zombies. Dave Pulaski wasted his youth getting drunk. When he met Holly, a beautiful, strong-willed woman, he decided to get his life together. Now a plague is decimating the town of Tres Marias. And it turns the victims into shrieking flesh-eaters who hunt. To survive, Dave, Holly, and a small band of soldiers must kill the living as well as the dead. But Dave is this close to drinking again. The vengeful woman he cheated with is after him-and she's no longer human. The ravening hordes are swelling. And the beleaguered military forces are outnumbered. How can anyone live through this? For Dave, the choice is simple-learn to fight or join the burgeoning ranks of the undead.