Hordes of zombies threaten to wipe out all of humanity in this first action-horror novel set in the exciting (yet gruesome) world of the Zombicide games. The zombie apocalypse has driven humanity to the Adirondacks. Enter Westlake, a hardened career criminal on his way to "the Villa", a legendary mafia hideout where he can escape the destruction. When he's ambushed by the undead, an old FBI "friend" and his team of survivors save him... and then force him to reveal his secrets. The joking myth of the Villa suddenly becomes salvation for the settlements spread across Lake Saranc. Westlake is reluctantly saddled with an eccentric team to navigate minefields, trip wires and flesh-eating zombies at every turn to find their safe haven. Too bad someone already lives there...