No one knew what started it. People all around the world and from every walk of life were turning into veges or berserkers. No one was safe - wifes, mothers, brothers and sons couldn't be trusted from one hour to the next. So Tom Laker - ex-vietnam vet, ex-New York City cop - did the only thing that made any sense. He took his beautiful, sometimes crazy and murderous wife, Maria, and headed for the Catskills. And as head of the police force of the small town of Shandaken, he built a little haven from all the violence. But in a world gone mad, even Shandaken's peace could only last so long. And the time of peace was about to run out for Shandaken - and for Tom...