Summary:

Weeks after Suzanne Jackson turns fourteen, her father is infected with the highly incurable Z12 virus, a genetic mutation that turns its victims into real life "zombies" Within hours, the father she knew is gone, and in his place is a vicious beast that attacks her without thought. She spends weeks in the hospital, while a neighbor cares for her siblings. She is only released when the infection spreads, and the hospital in downtown Chicago is no longer safe. Upon her release, she tracks down younger siblings Eileen, Lucas, and Apollo. She finds out from other virus survivors that there is a safe haven in Las VEgas, which was quarantined after the first outbreaks. Will she make it? or will she be taken by the disease tha stole her father?