The Omega variant hits the world, and it's different. Those it kills don't stay dead. When the dead rise they have one aim and that is to kill the uninfected to spread the plague. But there is something ominous behind the variant, it has been designed, it has a purpose.
Carl is determined to find out who is behind the Omega variant. He teams up with his Uncle Gam, but soon finds there are forces out to stop him. In a world ravaged by the dead, Carl must find a way to avoid becoming one of them. Why would people create this designer plague? Why are they chasing him? How can he protect his people and how can he fight back?