They find the surrounding landscape - and thus civilization at large - in utter ruin, and have many close calls with undead before finding another vehicle, which they use to drive into the city.Ītlanta appears completely abandoned and marked with the same signs of catastrophe they had seen earlier. The survivors are eventually forced to reach Atlanta's outskirts on foot, due to the road being packed with wreckage and abandoned cars. Brian posts the sign outside the gateway before they ultimately depart. The group packs up their vehicle with weapons and supplies, leaving the next night. Brian goes into the basement and makes a sign that states 'ALL DEAD DO NOT ENTER'. With the undead clawing at the barricades continuing to grow in number, the group buries Bobby. Days later, after fending off another small wave of them from the fences, Bobby is bitten by a child-zombie while trying to rest, and immediately turns after dying, prompting Phillip to kill him. The group intended to stay only for a night, but upon finding ample provisions and amenities inside, they chose to make it a more permanent settlement, hoping to wait out the crisis.Īs they go out scavenging and build barricades, the undead become drawn to their presence. The novel begins with Philip, his daughter Penny, his older brother Brian, and his best friends Bobby Marsh and Nick Parsons staying in an upper class house at Wiltshire Estates the group had been driving for three days away from their home in Waynesboro, Georgia in order to escape the apocalypse, and were heading towards the refugee center in Atlanta, Georgia prior to stumbling upon the walled community - infested with undead and recently abandoned.

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