While home on leave, Private First Class John Wilcox has two weeks to see his high school girlfriend, Ellie between trips into the backwoods and hills of Arkansas for hunting and fishing. With his mother's freezer stocked full, he joins his buddies to report for duty. Enroute to at Fort Leonard Wood, the way the three of soldiers are caught in a maelstrom of violence. Can Wilcox find safety for himself and his growing band of followers, bus passengers and store looters, each trying to understand what was driving people insane? Can they discover the enemy in their midst or escape through hordes of primordial monsters so that Wilcox can get back to the woman he loves, and protect his family from all perils apparent and concealed?